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

Author(s): William Jennings Bryan

Language: English

Genre(s): History Non-fiction

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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