The World's Famous Orations, Vol. 1 of 10 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World's Famous Orations, Vol. 1 of 10 It'is now several years since I began to con sider the propriety of making a collection of the famous orations of the world for the benefit of students, and with that purpose in view, wher ever an opportunity offered, I have conferred with men who were able and Willing to give advice as to the selections. At first my intention was to use only enough orations for a single volume, but I afterward became convinced that the plan suggested to me by the publishers of this collection would be a better one, namely to select enough of the great orations to fill ten volumes, but so to group them as to permit of division into volumes arranged chronologically as to countries. 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.