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The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II

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Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period, ranging from Ancient Greece to their contemporary United States. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of this collection concern British speakers. The speeches contained in this third volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 1781 with a speech on the war in America, and end this volume in the middle of the 19th century with a speech on the "Trent" Affair. - Summary by Carolin

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Listen next episodes of The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II:
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece , John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy , John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair , John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World , Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws , William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor