World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe - Free Audiobook

World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe - Free Audiobook

Author(s): William Jennings Bryan,

Language: English

1 / 51Part I. Early Christianity. Saint Chrysostom. The Blessings of Death (about 380)

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51 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Part I. Early Christianity. Saint Chrysostom. The Blessings of Death (about 380)
  • 2. Saint Augustine. On the Lord’s Prayer
  • 3. Abelard. The Divine Tragedy
  • 4. St. Bernard. Why Another Crusade? (about 1145)
  • 5. Part II. The Reformation. Savonarola. I. A Report on His Embassy to the King (1495)
  • 6. Savonarola. II. After His Excommunication (1498)
  • 7. Zwingli. On Mercenary Soldiers (about 1530)
  • 8. Luther. Before the Diet of Worms (1520)
  • 9. Melanchthon. On the Death of Luther (1546)
  • 10. Calvin. On Suffering Persecution
  • 11. Part III. Modern France. Bossuet. On the Death of the Great Condé (1686)
  • 12. Bourdaloue. On the Passion of Christ
  • 13. Fenelon. True and False Simplicity
  • 14. Massillon. Of a Malignant Tongue
  • 15. Desmoulins. Better to Die than not to Live Free
  • 16. Mirabeau. I. Necker's Financial Plan (1789)
  • 17. Mirabeau. II. On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court (1790)
  • 18. Barnave. Against Majority Absolutism (1791)
  • 19. Vergniaud. On the Situation in France (1792)
  • 20. Danton. I. ''Dare, Dare Again, Always Dare'' (1792)
  • 21. Danton. II. On Liberty of Worship (1793)
  • 22. Danton. III. On Taxing the Rich (1793)
  • 23. Robespierre. I. Against Granting the King a Trial (1792)
  • 24. Robespierre. II. His Last Speech (1794)
  • 25. Marat. In his Own Defense (1793)
  • 26. Cambon. On the Situation in France (1793)
  • 27. St. Just. Invective Against Danton (1794)
  • 28. Barère. On the Heroism of the ''Vengeur's'' Sailors (1794)
  • 29. Napoleon. I. To the Army in Italy (1796)
  • 30. Napoleon. II. To the Army of Italy Again (1796)
  • 31. Napoleon. III. Speech to the Directory (1797)
  • 32. Napoleon. IV. During the Egyptian Campaign (1798)
  • 33. Napoleon. V. On the Anniversary of Austerlitz (1806)
  • 34. Napoleon. VI. To his Soldiers at Fontainebleau (1814)
  • 35. Napoleon. VII. After the Return from Elba (1815)
  • 36. Carnot. Against Setting up an Emperor (1802)
  • 37. Lamartine. To a Deputation of Poles (1848)
  • 38. Hugo. In Defense of his Son (1851)
  • 39. Gambetta. Education for the Peasantry in France
  • 40. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. France and the United States (1902)
  • 41. Jaurès. In the Debate on Socialism with Clemenceau (1906)
  • 42. Clemenceau. In the Debate on Socialism with Jaurès (1906)
  • 43. Part IV. Italy. Mazzini. To the Young Men of Italy (1848)
  • 44. Garibaldi. To his Soldiers (1860)
  • 45. Cavour. Rome as the Capital of United Italy (1861)
  • 46. Part V. Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. Frederick the Great. I. To his Generals before Invading Silesia (1740)
  • 47. Frederick the Great. II. To his Generals before the Battle of Leuthen (1757)
  • 48. Bismarck. The Canossa Speech (1872)
  • 49. Kossuth. On his Welcome to New York (1851)
  • 50. Castelar. Plea for a Republic in Spain (1869)
  • 51. Apponyi. On the Death of Louis Kossuth (1894)

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This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the following themes: Early Christianity, The Reformation, Modern France, Italy, Modern Germany, Hungary and Spain. - Summary by Chris Badenoch

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