The World's Famous Orations

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English · 1906 · 7h 50m · Anthologies, Essays & Short Works, Political Science

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World’s Famous Orations gathers speeches by American orators from 1774 to 1837, spanning the years of the Revolution and the early republic. This volume presents public addresses as they were made to persuade, rally, or shape debate.

Rather than following a single speaker or narrative, the collection offers a sequence of historical voices. Its speeches provide a window into the arguments and concerns of a young nation, and into the language used to address audiences during a period of political change.

Listeners can approach the volume as a sampler of American public speaking and political thought, taking in each address on its own or hearing the collection as a record of changing times.

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North American Indians - Logan to Lord Dunmore 2:44 Lu par Alan Mapstone
North American Indians - Brant to Lord George Germaine 7:03 Lu par Mayah
North American Indians - Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red 9:17 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
North American Indians - Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes 4:35 Lu par Alan Mapstone
North American Indians - Tecumseh to General Proctor 5:26 Lu par Alan Mapstone
North American Indians - Pushmataha to John C. Calhoun 3:49 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
North American Indians - Black Hawk to General Street 5:08 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
North American Indians - Peter Wilson on the Empire State 3:33 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
James Otis - On Opposition to Writs of Assistance 18:19 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
Benjamin Franklin - His Examination Before the House of Commons 28:36 Lu par Linda Johnson
Benjamin Franklin - On the Federal Constitution 5:51 Lu par Linda Johnson
Benjamin Franklin - Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy 11:10 Lu par Linda Johnson
Patrick Henry - The "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech 10:47 Lu par Laurie Wehmeyer
Patrick Henry - Shall Liberty or Empire be Sought? 14:30 Lu par Laurie Wehmeyer
George Washington - On His Appointment as Commander-in-Chief 2:05 Lu par jkilly
George Washington - His First Inaugural Address 12:12 Lu par jkilly
George Washington - His Farewell Address 44:22 Lu par jkilly
Samuel Adams - On American Independence 24:07 Lu par Linda Johnson
William Pinkney - For the Relief of Slaves 14:30 Lu par Larry Wilson
Alexander Hamilton - On the Adoption of the Federal Constitution 20:39 Lu par Linda Johnson
John Marshall - On the Federal Constitution 21:49 Lu par brenda8mac
Fisher Ames - On the Treaty with Great Britian 20:02 Lu par Linda Johnson
Thomas Jefferson - His First Inaugural Address 15:40 Lu par Linda Johnson
Eliphalet Nott - On the Death Hamilton 22:46 Lu par Linda Johnson
John Randolph - On Offensive War with England 18:37 Lu par Linda Johnson
Edward Everett - The Issue in the Revolution 15:00 Lu par Linda Johnson
Andrew Jackson - His Second Inaugural Address 9:50 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
Andrew Jackson - His Farewell Address 13:31 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth
Sargent S. Prentiss - On the Death of Lafayette 6:25 Lu par MaryAnn
Wendell Phillips - On the Murder of Lovejoy 12:33 Lu par MaryAnn
George Bancroft - The People in Art, Government and Religion 15:30 Lu par aani
Thomas Hart Benton - On the Expunging of Resolution 22:21 Lu par TracyAnn
Ralph Waldo Emerson - On the American Scholar 27:48 Lu par Lyndon Ashworth