Excerpt from Sterling's Little Southern Orator: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces, in Poetry, Prose, and Dialogue, for Juvenile Speakers The author was induced to undertake the prepara tion of the little book now offered to the public at the earnest solicitations of teachers and others, who approved of Sterling's Southern Orator, and desired a work for beginners, gotten up upon the same general plan. The selections have been made to suit the most juvenile speakers, as well as boys of fourteen or fifteen years of age. Extracts have been taken from the speeches of our greatest orators, the thoughts of which can be understood by the youngest pupils, while the language and style are elevated and oratorical. It is vain to attempt to teach a child to speak well unless you furnish him thoughts that breathe and words that burn, to excite his emotions and fire his heart. Besides, the effect of such pieces is to elevate the thoughts, and cultivate a taste for the chaste and elegant in language. 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.