Beadle's Dime National Speaker Embodying Gems of Oratory and Wit, Rev. and Enl. ed., compiled by Beadle and Co

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Compiler

Victor, Orville J. (Orville James), 1827-1910

Title

Beadle's Dime National Speaker, Embodying Gems of Oratory and Wit, Particularly Adapted to American Schools and Firesides Speaker Series Number 2, Revised and Enlarged Edition

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Produced by David Edwards, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Recitations

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49291

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49291

Release Date

June 27, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BEADLE'S DIME National SPEAKER
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.THE UNION AND ITS RESULTS. — Edward Everett, July 4th, 1860.
5. 5.OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. — Edward Everett's Oration at the Webster Statue Inauguration , 1860.
6. 6.THE STATESMAN'S LABORS. — Ibid.
7. 7.TRUE IMMORTALITY. — Ibid.
8. 8.LET THE CHILDLESS WEEP. — Metta Victoria Victor.
9. 9.OUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST GLORY. — Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota , 1860.
10. 10.THE UNION A HOUSEHOLD. — Ibid.
11. 11.INDEPENDENCE BELL. — July 4th , 1776.
12. 12.THE SCHOLAR'S DIGNITY. — Hon. George E. Pugh July 5th , 1859.
13. 13.THE CYCLES OF PROGRESS. — Ibid.
14. 14.A CHRISTMAS CHANT. — Alfred Domett.
15. 15.STABILITY OF CHRISTIANITY. — Rev. T. H. Stockton, House of Representatives, March 19th , 1860.
16. 16.THE TRUE HIGHER LAW. — Ibid.
17. 17.THE ONE GREAT NEED. — Ibid.
18. 18.THE SHIP AND THE BIRD. — Owen Meredith.
19. 19.TECUMSEH'S SPEECH TO THE CREEK WARRIORS — Clairborn's Life of Gen. Dale.
20. 20.TERRITORIAL EXPANSION. — Hon. S. S. Cox, House of Representatives, March 19th , 1860.
21. 21.MARTHA HOPKINS. — Phœbe Cary.
22. 22.THE BASHFUL MAN'S STORY. — Charles Matthews.
23. 23.THE MATTER-OF-FACT MAN. — Anon.
24. 24.RICH AND POOR. — Joseph Barber.
25. 25.SEEING THE ECLIPSE. — Anon.
26. 26.THE BEAUTIES OF THE LAW.
27. 27.GE-LANG! GIT UP! — New Orleans Delta.
28. 28.THE RATS OF LIFE. — Charles T. Congdon.
29. 29."THE CREOWNIN' GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES." — Knickerbocker Magazine.
30. 30.THREE FOOLS. — C. H. Spurgeon.
31. 31.WASHINGTON. — Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, Feb. 22d, 1860.
32. 32.THE SAME.
33. 33.THE SAME.
34. 34.OUR GREAT INHERITANCE. — John J. Crittenden, 1860.
35. 35.EULOGIUM ON HENRY CLAY. — Lincoln, 1852.
36. 36.OHIO. — Bancroft's Oration at Cleveland, Sept. 10th, 1860.
37. 37.OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. — Ibid.
38. 38.OUR DOMAIN. — Ibid.
39. 39.SYSTEMS OF BELIEF. — Rev. W. H. Milburn, 1860.
40. 40.THE INDIAN CHIEF.
41. 41.THE INDEPENDENT FARMER. — W. W. Fosdick.
42. 42.MRS. GRAMMAR'S BALL. — Anon.
43. 43.HOW THE MONEY COMES.
44. 44.THE FUTURE OF THE FASHIONS. — Punch.
45. 45.LOYALTY TO LIBERTY OUR ONLY HOPE. — Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota.
46. 46.OUR COUNTRY FIRST, LAST, AND ALWAYS. — Ibid.
47. 47.BRITISH INFLUENCE. — John Randolph.
48. 48.DEFENSE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. — Henry Clay.
49. 49.NATIONAL HATREDS ARE BARBAROUS. — Rufus Choate.
50. 50.MURDER WILL OUT. — Daniel Webster.
51. 51.STRIVE FOR THE BEST.
52. 52.EARLY RISING. — John G. Saxe.
53. 53.DEEDS OF KINDNESS.
54. 54.THE GATES OF SLEEP. — Dr. John Henry.
55. 55.THE BUGLE. — Tennyson.
56. 56.A HOODISH GEM.
57. 57.PURITY OF THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE. By Hon. Henry Wilson. 1859.
58. 58.OLD AGE. — Theodore Parker.
59. 59.BEAUTIFUL, AND AS TRUE AS BEAUTIFUL.
60. 60.THE DELUGE.
61. 61.THE WORM OF THE STILL.
62. 62.MAN'S CONNECTION WITH THE INFINITE.
63. 63.THE LANGUAGE OF THE EAGLE.
64. 64.WASHINGTON. — S. S. Cox.
65. 65.AMERICA vs. ENGLAND. — David Dudley Field.
66. 66.IF WE KNEW. — By Ruth Benton.

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