World's Best Orations, Volume 2
Author: last_name: Various
Language: English
Year: 1900

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! Do we not all feel the magic of the power, and when occasionally we are permitted to listen to a great orator how completely we lose ourselves and yield in willing submission to the imperious and impetuous flow of his speech!<br><br>We have not confined ourselves to any one profession or field of eloquence. The pulpit, the bar, the halls of legisla