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World's Best Orations, Volume 2

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! Do we not all feel the magic of the power, and when occasionally we are permitted to listen to a great orator how completely we lose ourselves and yield in willing submission to the imperious and impetuous flow of his speech!

We have not confined ourselves to any one profession or field of eloquence. The pulpit, the bar, the halls of legislation, and the popular assembly have each and all been called upon for their best contributions. The single test has been, is it oratory? the single question, is there eloquence? The reader and student of every class will therefore find within these pages that which will satisfy his particular taste and desire in the matter of oratory. - Summary by David J. Brewer

This is Volume 2 of 10. (20 hr 31 min)

Chapters

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 1 - Thomas H. Benton

28:29

The Political Career of Andrew Jackson Part 2 - Thomas H. Benton

20:34

Against the United States Bank - Thomas H. Benton

13:49

"There is East: There is India" - Thomas H. Benton

3:48

Preaching the Crusade - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

7:07

Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

3:47

Against Luxury in the Church - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

2:45

On the Canticles - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

3:48

Conquest and Territorial Organization - John M. Berrien

10:08

Effect of the Mexican Conquest - John M. Berrien

7:06

Censorship of the Press - Pierre Antoine Berryer

6:58

Against the Assassins of President Lincoln - John A. Bingham

27:18

A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 1 - Bismark

29:40

A Plea for Imperial Armament Part 2 - Bismark

14:10

Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 1 - Jeremiah S. Black

20:24

Corporations Under Eminent Domain Part 2 - Jeremiah S. Black

6:13

Oration on Garfield Part 1 - James G. Blaine

20:59

Oration on Garfield Part 2 - James G. Blaine

24:58

Oration on Garfield Part 3 - James G. Blaine

20:20

Military Government - Austin Blair

7:02

The Character and Work of Benton - Francis Preston Blair

20:32

The Deathbed of Benton - Francis Preston Blair

5:12

On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 1 - Francis Preston Blair

18:45

On the Fifteenth Amendment Part 2 - Francis Preston Blair

19:29

The Parting of the Ways Part 1 - Richard P. Bland

12:32

The Parting of the Ways Part 2 - Richard P. Bland

18:53

Misfortune and Exile - Lord Bolingbroke

26:45

Patriotism - Lord Bolingbroke

3:40

The Life of Service - Saint Bonaventura

10:38

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 1 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

30:06

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 2 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

9:16

Funeral Oration over the Prince of Condé Part 3 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

32:17

The Mission of America - Elias Boudinot

28:21

The Passion of Christ Part 1 - Louis Bourdaloue

28:57

The Passion of Christ Part 2 - Louis Bourdaloue

13:40

President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 1 - George S. Boutwell

21:15

President Johnson's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Part 2 - George S. Boutwell

21:56

The Dred Scott Decision - John C. Breckenridge

8:04

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 1 - John Bright

19:55

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 2 - John Bright

24:53

Will the United States Subjugate Canada? Part 3 - John Bright

10:14

Morality and Military Greatness - John Bright

18:30

Lincoln as a Typical American - Phillips Brooks

23:25

Power over the Lives of Others - Phillips Brooks

6:27

The Assault on Sumner - Preston S. Brooks

10:20

Against Pitt and War with America - Lord Brougham

21:17

Closing Argument for Queen Caroline - Lord Brougham

24:31

A Prophecy - B. Gratz Brown

27:20

One Century's Achievement - Henry Armitt Brown

6:20

The Dangers of the Present - Henry Armitt Brown

5:46

The Plea of the Future - Henry Armitt Brown

2:49

The Value of the American Union - William Gannaway Brownlow

9:56

Grape Shot and Hemp - William Gannaway Brownlow

7:24

The "Cross of Gold" - William J. Bryan

28:25

The Greatness of Burns - William Cullen Bryant

11:30

Inaugural Address - James Buchanan

27:03

The Heavenly Footman Part 1 - John Bunyan

17:02

The Heavenly Footman Part 2 - John Bunyan

22:35

The Supreme Court - Tristam Burges

19:14

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 1 - Edmund Burke

28:19

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 2 - Edmund Burke

32:05

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 3 - Edmund Burke

22:27

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 4 - Edmund Burke

30:00

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 5 - Edmund Burke

24:54

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 6 - Edmund Burke

27:31

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 7 - Edmund Burke

29:37

Opening the Charge of Bribery Against Hastings Part 8 - Edmund Burke

29:10

Against Coercing America - Edmund Burke

18:10

Principle in Politics - Edmund Burke

15:38

Marie Antoinette - Edmund Burke

2:50

Massachusetts and the Sumner Assault - Anson Burlingame

16:29