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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Front Matter 1 -- Contents -- 1. Funeral Oration : Pericles -- 2. Sermon to the Birds: Saint Francis of Assissi -- 3. Speech to the Troops at Tilbury: Queen Elizabeth I -- 4. I Go from a Corruptible to an Incorruptible Crown: King Charles I -- 5. In the Name of God, Go: Oliver Cromwell -- 6. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Patrick Henry -- 7. The Newburgh Address: George Washington -- 8. Resignation Speech: George Washington -- 9. Disapproving and Accepting the Constitution: Benjamin Franklin -- 10. First Inaugural Speech: George Washington -- 11. Abolition Speech: William Wilberforce -- 12. On the Festival of the Supreme Being: Maximilien Robespierre -- 13. On the Death of Marie Antoinette: Edmund Burke -- 14. Farewell Address: George Washington -- 15. Sixth Annual Message: Thomas Jefferson -- 16. Farewell to the Old Guard: Napoleon Bonaparte -- 17. Justice for Ireland : Daniel O'Connell -- 18. Declaration of Sentiments : Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- 19. The Hypocrisy of American Slavery: Frederick Douglass -- 20. Speech to the Soldiers : Giuseppe Garibaldi -- 21. The Gettysburg Address : Abraham Lincoln -- 22. Second Inaugural Address : Abraham Lincoln -- 23. The Destructive Male : Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- 24. Tribute to the Dog: George Graham Vest -- 25. What England Could Do: Keshub Chandra Sen -- 26. On Universal Religion: Keshub Chandra Sen -- 27. Are Women Persons: Susan B. Anthony -- 28. Surrender Speech : Chief Joseph -- 29. Duties of American Citizenship : Theodore Roosevelt -- 30. The Ilbert Bill and Freedom Movement: Sir Pherozeshah M. Mehta -- 31. The Congress and the Muslims : Badruddin Tyabji -- 32. Acres of Diamonds : Russell Herman Conwell -- 33. Tonic for the Hindu Mind : Swami Vivekananda -- 34. India Must Be Bled : Dadabhai Naoroji -- 35. Why I Became a Hindu : Sister Nivedita.

In 'A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios', Brenda Griffith-Williams offers a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work

"For private circulation only." ; Leisure : its moral and political economy -- Valedictory address to the graduating class of the School of Medicine of the University of Maryland -- Discourse on the life and character of George Peabody -- Address delivered before the law class of the University of Maryland -- Address at the unveiling of the statue of Chief Justice Taney -- Address on behalf of the Lee Memorial Association -- Address delivered before the Schools of Art and Design of the Maryland Institute -- Address delivered at the eighth annual commencement of the McDonogh Institute -- The Johns Hopkins University in its relations to Baltimore -- Reviews. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Poems in ms. on t.-p. ; "A compleat collection of all the remarkable speeches" has special t.-p., dated 1707, and separate paging. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"The Words of Winston Churchill, a study that ranges over the course of a rich, controversial and remarkable career, is about the power and art of his language as a writer and speaker. Churchill used words as the greatest of poets and orators do, and did so in Parliament and for the people, Britain and the empire, in war and peace, facing the changes in the world, and resisting Hitler and the Nazis. Drawing on the traditions of poetics, rhetoric and textual commentary, the study concentrates on Churchill's writing and is sensitive to texts and contexts and to the archive. A central matter is Churchill speaking in Parliament and the reception of his speeches there for over six decades, although his work as a writer and a speaker outside the House of Commons are also important. Churchill speaks to the House, the people, Britain, the Empire, the Commonwealth and the world and, in crisis, defends freedom and democracy"--

The League of Women Voters of Texas is a non-partisan organization that works to promote political responsibility through active informed participation of all citizens in their government. In 1919, the Texas Equal Suffrage Association evolved into the Texas League of Women Voters, and today is recognized as the League of Women Voters of Texas. Their hallmark activity is the circulation of Voters' Guides through newspapers prior to elections; locally, regionally, statewide, and nationally. The League's intent is dissemination of information on political candidates, and the objective promotion of "political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government." The organization's efforts, however, are by no means limited to politics, but also address issues on water, health care, hazardous wastes, education, energy, and such international concerns as the United Nations. ; The records of the League of Women Voters of Texas also reflect socio-economic changes in the United States with the active organizational membership drives of the mid to late 1970s in response to American society's evolution into a two income family. Collectively, the materials provide researchers with invaluable insight into politics and political concerns on an international, national, statewide, and local basis. ; The collection consists of materials from national, state, and local files, financial materials, photographs, and publications of the National, Texas, and local leagues, as well as other state leagues. Also included are a study of the national league, scrapbooks, memorabilia, vice-presidential program files, and printed materials. The focus of the collection is on state committees and local units. ; Highlights from the donation include the original 1919 minutes from the Texas Equal Suffrage Association authorizing the organizational conversion to the Texas League of Women Voters, films produced by the group on legislative processes, the 104th Congressional recognition given and signed by Texas Senator ...