Excerpt from Crowned Masterpieces of Eloquence, Representing the Advance of Civilization, Vol. 1: As Collected in the World's Best Orations, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time We have not confined ourselves to any one profession or. Field of eloquence. The pulpit, the bar, the halls of legislation, and the popular assembly have each and all been called upon for their best contributions. The single test has been: Is it oratory? The single question Is there eloquence The reader and student of every class will therefore find within these pages that which will satisfy his particular taste and desire in the matter of oratory. As this work is designed especially for English-speaking countries, we have deemed it proper to give prominence to anglo-saxon orators; and yet this prominence has not been carried so far as to make the work a one-sided collection. It is not a mere presentation of English speaking orators. We submit the work to the public in the belief that all will find pleasure, interest, and instruction in its pages, and in the hope that it will prove an inspiration to the growing generation to see to it that oratory be not classed among the lost arts, but that it shall remain ever-present and increasing power and blessing to the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.