A Collection of Speeches

O Scotia! .......................... Robert Burns
O Rome! My Country ! ................ Lord Byron
Ring Out, Wild Bells! .............. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Roll On, Thou Deep! ................ Lord Byron
Thou Too, Sail On! ................. Henry W. Longfellow
O Tiber, Father Tiber! ............. Lord Macaulay
Marullus to the Roman Citizens ..... William Shakespeare
The Recessional .................... Rudyard Kipling
The Cradle of Liberty .............. Daniel Webster
The Impeachment of Warren Hastings ....... Edmund Burke
Bunker Hill ........................ Daniel Webster
The Gettysburg Address ............. Abraham Lincoln

Cæsar, the Fighter ................. Henry W. Longfellow
Official Duty ...................... Theodore Roosevelt
Look Well to your Speech ........... George Herbert Palmer
Hamlet to the Players .............. William Shakespeare
Bellario's Letter .................. William Shakespeare
Casca, Speaking of Cæsar ........... William Shakespeare
Squandering of the Voice ........... Henry Ward Beecher
The Training of the Gentleman ...... William J. Tucker

Brutus to the Roman Citizens ....... William Shakespeare
The Precepts of Polonius ........... William Shakespeare
The High Standard .................. Lord Rosebery
On Taxing the Colonies ............. Edmund Burke
Justifying the President ........... John C. Spooner
Britain and America ................ John Bright

King Robert of Sicily .............. Henry W. Longfellow
Laying the Atlantic Cable .......... James T. Fields
O'Connell, the Orator .............. Wendell Phillips
Justification for Impeachment ...... Edmund Burke
Wendell Phillips, the Orator ....... George William Curtis
On the Disposal of Public Lands .... Robert Y. Hayne
The Declaration of Independence .... Abraham Lincoln

Northern Greeting to Southern Veterans ........................... Henry Cabot Lodge
Matches and Overmatches ............ Daniel Webster
The Coalition ...................... Daniel Webster
In His Own Defense ................. Robert Emmet
On Resistance to Great Britain ..... Patrick Henry
Invective against Louis Bonaparte ..... Victor Hugo

Mount, the Doge of Venice! ......... Mary Russell Mitford
The Revenge ........................ Alfred Lord Tennyson
A Vision of War .................... Robert G. Ingersoll
Sunset Near Jerusalem .............. Corwin Knapp Linson
A Return in Triumph ................ T. De Witt Talmage
A Return in Defeat ................. Henry W. Grady

In Our Forefathers' Day ............ T. De Witt Talmage
Cassius against Cæsar .............. William Shakespeare
The Spirit of the South ............ Henry W. Grady
Something Rankling Here ............ Daniel Webster
Faith in the People ................ John Bright
The French against Hayti ........... Wendell Phillips
The Necessity of Force ............. John M. Thurston
Against War with Mexico ............ Thomas Corwin
The Murder of Lovejoy .............. Wendell Phillips

A Tale of the Plains ............... Theodore Roosevelt
Gunga Din .......................... Rudyard Kipling
Address of Sergeant Buzfuz ......... Charles Dickens
A Natural Philosopher .............. Maccabe
Response to a Toast ................ Litchfield Moseley
Partridge at the Play .............. Henry Fielding
A Man's a Man for a That ........... Robert Burns
Artemus Ward's Lecture ............. Charles Farrar Brown
Jim Bludso, of the Prairie Belle ... John Hay
The Trial of Abner Barrow .......... Richard Harding Davis

The Benefits of a College Education ... Abbott Lawrence Lowell
What the College Gives ............. Le Baron Russell Briggs
Memorial Day Address ............... John D. Long
William McKinley ................... John Hay
Robert E. Lee ...................... John W. Daniel
Farewell Address to the United States Senate. .............................Henry Clay
The Death of Garfield .............. James G. Blaine
The Second Inaugural Address....... Abraham Lincoln
The Death of Prince Albert......... Benjamin Disraeli
An Appreciation of Mr. Gladstone... Arthur J. Balfour
William E. Gladstone............... Lord Rosebery
The Soldier's Creed ................ Horace Porter
Competition in College ............. Abbott Lawrence Lowell

A Master of the Situation.......... James T. Fields
Wit and Humor...................... Minot J. Savage
A Message to Garcia................ Elbert Hubbard
Shakespeare's "Mark Antony"........ Anonymous
André and Hale..................... Chauncey M. Depew
The Battle of Lexington............ Theodore Parker
The Homes of the People............ Henry W. Grady
General Ulysses S. Grant........... Canon G. W. Farrar
American Courage................... Sherman Hoar
The Minutemen of the Revolution.... George William Curtis
Paul Revere's Ride................. George William Curtis
The Arts of the Ancients........... Wendell Phillips
A Man without a Country............ Edward Everett Hale
The Execution of Rodriguez......... Richard Harding Davis

The Flood of Books................. Henry van Dyke
Effectiveness in Speaking..........William Jennings Bryan
Books, Literature and the People... Henry van Dyke
Education for Business............. Charles William Eliot
The Beginnings of American Oratory... Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Daniel Webster, the Man............ Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The Enduring Value of Speech....... Thomas Wentworth Higginson
To College Girls................... Le Baron Russell Briggs
The Art of Acting.................. Henry Irving
Address to the Freshman Class at Harvard University ....................Charles William Eliot
With Tennyson at Farringford....... By His Son
Notes on Speech-Making............. Brander Matthews
Hunting the Grizzly................ Theodore Roosevelt

On Retaining the Philippine Islands ... George F. Hoar
On Retaining the Philippine Islands ... William McKinley
Debate on the Tariff............... Thomas B. Reed
Debate on the Tariff............... Charles F. Crisp
South Carolina and Massachusetts... Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina and Massachusetts... Daniel Webster
The Republican Party............... John Hay
Nominating Ulysses S. Grant........ Roscoe Conkling
The Choice of a Party.............. Roscoe Conkling
Nominating John Sherman............ James A. Garfield
The Democratic Party............... William E. Russell
The Call to Democrats.............. Alton B. Parker
Nominating Woodrow Wilson.......... John W. Wescott
Democratic Faith................... William E. Russell
England and America................ John Bright
On Home Rule in Ireland............ William E. Gladstone

The Dartmouth College Case......... Daniel Webster
In Defense of the Kennistons....... Daniel Webster
In Defense of the Kennistons, II... Daniel Webster
In Defense of John E. Cook......... D. W. Voorhees
In Defense of the Soldiers......... Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of the Soldiers, II..... Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of the Soldiers, III.... Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of Lord George Gordon... Lord Thomas Erskine
Pronouncing Sentence for High Treason ...................... Sir Alfred Wills
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.... George S. Boutwell
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.... William M. Evarts
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, II ............... William M. Evarts

At a University Club Dinner........ Henry E. Howland
The Evacuation of New York......... Joseph H. Choate
Ties of Kinship.................... Sir Edwin Arnold
Canada, England and the United States ................. Sir Wilfred Laurier
Monsieur and Madame................ Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell)
The Typical American............... Henry W. Grady
The Pilgrim Mothers................ Joseph H. Choate
Bright Land to Westward............ E. O. Wolcott
Woman.............................. Theodore Tilton
Abraham Lincoln.................... Horace Porter
To Athletic Victors................ Henry E. Howland
The Babies ...... Mark Twain

Charles Dickens.................... William Watson
The Mariners of England............ Thomas Campbell
Class Poem......................... Langdon Warner
A Troop of the Guard............... Hermann Hagedorn, Jr.
The Boys........................... Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Mob Conquered.................. George William Curtis
An Example of Faith................ Henry W. Grady
The Rail-Splitter.................. H. L. Williams
O'Connell's Wit.................... Wendell Phillips
A Reliable Team.................... Theodore Roosevelt
Meg's Marriage..................... Robert Collyer
Outdoing Mrs. Partington........... Sidney Smith
Circumstance not a Cause........... Sidney Smith
More Terrible than the Lions....... A. A. McCormick
Irving, the Actor.................. John De Morgan
Wendell Phillips's Tact............ James Burton Pond
Baked Beans and Culture............ Eugene Field
Secretary Chase's Chin-Fly......... F. B. Carpenter