# The World's Famous Orations/Volume 7

The World's Famous Orations
VOL. VII
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
380–1906
OTTO, PRINCE VON BISMARCK
THE WORLD'S FAMOUS ORATIONS
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
FRANCIS W. HALSEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
SUBSCRIPTION EDITION IN TEN VOLUMES
Vol. VII
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY New York and London
Copyright 1906 by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
[Printed in the United States of America]
CONTENTS :
| Vol. VII—Continental Europe (380—1906) ||
| PART I—EARLY CHRISTIANITY ||
| | Page |
| St. Chrysostom—The Blessings of Death    (About 380) | 3 |
| St. Augustine—On the Lord's Prayer | 7 |
| Abelard—The Divine Tragedy | 17 |
| St. Bernard—Why Another Crusade? (About    1145) | 20 |
| PART II—THE REFORMATION ||
| Savonarola—I A Report on His Embassy to    the King (1495) | 25 |
| II After His Excommunication (1498) | 28 |
| Zwingli—On Mercenary Soldiers (About 1530) | 30 |
| Luther—Before the Diet of Worms (1520) | 38 |
| Melanchthon—On the Death of Luther (1546) | 44 |
| Calvin—On Suffering Persecution | 50 |
| PART III—MODERN FRANCE ||
| Bossuet—On the Death of the Great Condé    (1686) | 63 |
| Bourdaloue—On the Passion of Christ | 67 |
| Fenelon—True and False Simplicity | 74 ​ |
| Massillon—Of a Malignant Tongue | 80 |
| Desmoulins—Better to Die than not Live Free    (1788) | 89 |
| Mirabeau—I Necker's Financial Plan (1789) | 93 |
| II On Being Accused of Treasonable   Relations to the Court (1790) | 97 |
| Barnave—Against Majority Absolutism (1791) | 112 |
| Vergniaud—On the Situation in France (1792) | 117 |
| Danton—I "Dare, Dare Again, Always Dare"    (1792) | 130 |
| II On Liberty of Worship (1793) | 132 |
| III On Taxing the Rich (1793) | 134 |
| Robespierre—I Against Granting the King a    Trial (1792) | 136 |
| II His Last Speech (1794) | 145 |
| Marat—In His Own Defense (1793) | 148 |
| Cambon—On the Situation in France (1793) | 152 |
| St. Just—Invective Against Danton (1794) | 156 |
| Barere—On the Heroism of the "Vengeur's"   Sailors (1794) | 161 |
| Napoleon—I To the Army in Italy (1796) | 168 |
| II To the Army of Italy Again (1796) | 169 |
| III Speech to the Directory (1797) | 172 |
| IV During the Egyptian Campaign (1798) | 173 |
| V On the Anniversary of Austerlitz (1806) | 175 |
| VI To His Soldiers at Fontainebleau (1814) | 176 |
| VII After the Return from Elba (1815) | 177 |
| Carnot—Against Setting Up an Emperor   (1802) | 179 |
| Lamartine—To a Deputation of Poles (1848) | 187 |
| Hugo—In Defense of His Son (1851) | 193 ​ |
| Gambetta—Education for the Peasantry in    France | 196 |
| Baron D'Estournelles de Constant—France    and the United States (1902) | 200 |
| Jaures—In the Debate on Socialism with    Clemenceau (1906) | 208 |
| Clemenceau—In the Debate on Socialism with    Jaurès (1906) | 214 |
| PART IV—ITALY ||
| Mazzini—To the Young Men of Italy (1848) | 225 |
| Garibaldi—To His Soldiers (1860) | 229 |
| Cavour—Rome as the Capital of United Italy    (1861) | 232 |
| PART V—MODERN GERMANY, HUNGARY AND SPAIN ||
| Frederick the Great—I To His Generals    Before Invading Silesia (1740) | 239 |
| II To His Generals Before the Battle of Leuthen (1757) | 241 |
| Bismarck—The Canossa Speech (1872) | 243 |
| Kossuth—On His Welcome to New York    (1851) | 249 |
| Castelar—Plea for a Republic in Spain (1869) | 255 |
| Apponyi—On the Death of Louis Kossuth    (1894) | 262 |
ILLUSTRATIONS :
| Volume VII ||
| | FACING PAGE |
| Otto, Prince von Bismarck | Frontispiece |
| Girolamo Savonarola | 26 |
| Martin Luther | 38 |
| John Calvin | 50 |
| Count de Mirabeau | 96 |
| George Jacques Danton | 130 |
| Maximilien Robespierre | 136 |
| Jean Paul Marat | 148 |
| Jean Leon Jaurès | 208 |
| Giuseppe Mazzini | 226 |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | 230 |