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The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II

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Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 07 hours and 10 minutes

Language: English

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period, ranging from Ancient Greece to their contemporary United States. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of this collection concern British speakers. The speeches contained in this third volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 1781 with a speech on the war in America, and end this volume in the middle of the 19th century with a speech on the "Trent" Affair. - Summary by Carolin

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William Pitt - I - The War in America Denounced (DrPGould)
William Pitt - II - On an Attempt to Force His Resignation (DrPGould)
William Pitt - III - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France (DrPGould)
Charles James Fox - I - On the British Defeat in America (Nemo)
Charles James Fox - II - The Tyranny of the East India Company (Nemo)
Charles James Fox - III - The Foreign Policy of Washington (Nemo)
Charles James Fox - IV - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France (Michele Fry)
William Wilberforce - On the Horrors of the Slave Trade (Larry Wilson)
Thomas Erskine - On Limitations to Freedom of Speech (Michele Fry)
Sir James Mackintosh - A Plea for Free Speech (pmstrahm)
Thomas Chalmers - When Old Things Pass Away (pmstrahm)
George Canning - On Granting Aid to Portugal (pmstrahm)
Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay - On the Reform Bill (DrPGould)
Henry Peter, Lord Brougham - On Emancipation for the Negro (Larry Wilson)
Charles Dickens - As the Literary Guest of America (Phil Schempf)
Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture (DrPGould)
Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws (jenno)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece (TRUEBRIT)
William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor (jenno)
John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World (pmstrahm)
John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy (TRUEBRIT)
John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair (TRUEBRIT)
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