they were held to be inferior. Many of the best known passages of eloquence quoted in the books of declamations will not be found in this book because they are merely cuttings from speeches which taken as a whole are poor. Some are mere fragments of long rambling discussions in court or legislature which took hours and even days to deliver, and which are, as models, not worth including. Since this volume is prepared for students and public speakers who use the English language, all translations into English of speeches originally delivered in some other language were held inadmissable. I have tried to get in each case exactly what the speaker said, in the exact words in which he said it. I have chosen, wherever possible, copies from stenographic reports in preference to edited manuscripts. I am greatly indebted to many professional colleagues (literally too numerous to catalogue) for help given in frequent consultations, suggestions, and copies of speeches, which have been generously afforded me during the four years in which I have been at work on this collection. The University of Wisconsin. CHAPTER CONTENTS PART ONE-FORENSIC PAGE Jury Trial-Attorney for the Defense-Treason. 3. JEREMIAH S. BLACK....... The Right to Trial by Jury.. 83 Supreme Court Appeal-Constitutional Law. 4. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS......Instruction to Jury..... Brief Protest against Specific Policy. House of Lords. Against English Imperialism.. 198 Opposition to Foreign Aggression. Irish Parliament. 13. ELIHU Rooт...... ....Invisible Government.... ... 306 Discussion of a Bill in a Constitutional Convention. 14. JAMES PROCTOR KNOTT....The Glories of Duluth..... "A Personal Declaration of War." Virginia Convention. 16. HENRY GRATTAN.. 17. DANIEL O'CONNELL....... The Repeal of the Union.... 334 To a Familiar Audience of Constituents, Predisposed 18. ABRAHAM LINCOLN...... The Cooper Institute Address 341 Modern American Political Campaign Speech in a Party 21. HOMER S. CUMMINGS......Keynote 1920 Democratic Con- vention .... 39C PART THREE-DEMONSTRATIVE 24. WENDELL PHILLIPS.......Eulogy on Daniel O'Connell.. 443 Formal Eulogy at Centenary Celebration. X25. ROBERT G. INGERSOL.......At His Brother's Grave................ 466 X26. Brief Tribute at a Funeral. 26. RALPH WALDO Emerson...The Memory of Burns...... 467 CHAPTER PAGE X27. ROBERT G. INGERSOL.......James G. Blaine. Nominating Speech in National Convention. X28. ROSCOE CONKLING.........U. S. Grant.. X30. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.......Second Inaugural.............. At the Opening of an Exposition. 36. JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING, Opportunity At the Opening of an Educational Institution. 37. THEODORE ROOSEVELT......The Man with the Muckrake.. 530 X38. WOODROW WILSON....... .Abraham Lincoln..... |