Chapter IV: Part THREE: Platform Practice

THE SPEECH OF FORMAL OCCASION
The Benefits of a College Education _Abbott Lawrence Lowell_
What the College Gives............. _Le Baron Russell Briggs_
Memorial Day Address............... _John D. Long_
William McKinley................... _John Hay_
Robert E. Lee...................... _John W. Daniel_
Farewell Address to the United States Senate.
...................................._Henry Clay_
The Death of Garfield.............. _James G. Blaine_
The Second Inaugural Address....... _Abraham Lincoln_
The Death of Prince Albert......... _Benjamin Disraeli_
An Appreciation of Mr. Gladstone... _Arthur J. Balfour_
William E. Gladstone............... _Lord Rosebery_
The Soldier's Creed................ _Horace Porter_
Competition in College............. _Abbott Lawrence Lowell_

THE PUBLIC LECTURE
A Master of the Situation.......... _James T. Fields_
Wit and Humor...................... _Minot J. Savage_
A Message to Garcia................ _Elbert Hubbard_
Shakespeare's "Mark Antony"........ _Anonymous_
André and Hale..................... _Chauncey M. Depew_
The Battle of Lexington............ _Theodore Parker_
The Homes of the People............ _Henry W. Grady_
General Ulysses S. Grant........... _Canon G. W. Farrar_
American Courage................... _Sherman Hoar_
The Minutemen of the Revolution.... _George William Curtis_
Paul Revere's Ride................. _George William Curtis_
The Arts of the Ancients........... _Wendell Phillips_
A Man without a Country............ _Edward Everett Hale_
The Execution of Rodriguez......... _Richard Harding Davis_

THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION
The Flood of Books................. _Henry van Dyke_
Effectiveness in Speaking.......... _William Jennings Bryan_
Books, Literature and the People... _Henry van Dyke_
Education for Business............. _Charles William Eliot_
The Beginnings of American Oratory. _Thomas Wentworth Higginson_
Daniel Webster, the Man............ _Thomas Wentworth Higginson_
The Enduring Value of Speech....... _Thomas Wentworth Higginson_
To College Girls................... _Le Baron Russell Briggs_
The Art of Acting.................. _Henry Irving_
Address to the Freshman Class at Harvard University
...................................._Charles William Eliot_
With Tennyson at Farringford....... _By His Son_
Notes on Speech-Making............. _Brander Matthews_
Hunting the Grizzly................ _Theodore Roosevelt_

ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION

DEBATES AND CAMPAIGN SPEECHES
On Retaining the Philippine Islands _George F. Hoar_
On Retaining the Philippine Islands _William McKinley_
Debate on the Tariff............... _Thomas B. Reed_
Debate on the Tariff............... _Charles F. Crisp_
South Carolina and Massachusetts... _Robert Y. Hayne_
South Carolina and Massachusetts... _Daniel Webster_
The Republican Party............... _John Hay_
Nominating Ulysses S. Grant........ _Roscoe Conkling_
The Choice of a Party.............. _Roscoe Conkling_
Nominating John Sherman............ _James A. Garfield_
The Democratic Party............... _William E. Russell_
The Call to Democrats.............. _Alton B. Parker_
Nominating Woodrow Wilson.......... _John W. Wescott_
Democratic Faith................... _William E. Russell_
England and America................ _John Bright_
On Home Rule in Ireland............ _William E. Gladstone_

THE LEGAL PLEA
The Dartmouth College Case......... _Daniel Webster_
In Defense of the Kennistons....... _Daniel Webster_
In Defense of the Kennistons, II... _Daniel Webster_
In Defense of John E. Cook......... _D. W. Voorhees_
In Defense of the Soldiers......... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._
In Defense of the Soldiers, II..... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._
In Defense of the Soldiers, III.... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._
In Defense of Lord George Gordon... _Lord Thomas Erskine_
Pronouncing Sentence for High Treason
................................... _Sir Alfred Wills_
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. _George S. Boutwell_
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. _William M. Evarts_
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, II
................................... _William M. Evarts_

THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
At a University Club Dinner........ _Henry E. Howland_
The Evacuation of New York......... _Joseph H. Choate_
Ties of Kinship.................... _Sir Edwin Arnold_
Canada, England and the United States
................................... _Sir Wilfred Laurier_
Monsieur and Madame................ _Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell)_
The Typical American............... _Henry W. Grady_
The Pilgrim Mothers................ _Joseph H. Choate_
Bright Land to Westward............ _E. O. Wolcott_
Woman.............................. _Theodore Tilton_
Abraham Lincoln.................... _Horace Porter_
To Athletic Victors................ _Henry E. Howland_

THE OCCASIONAL POEM
Charles Dickens.................... _William Watson_
The Mariners of England............ _Thomas Campbell_
Class Poem......................... _Langdon Warner_
A Troop of the Guard............... _Hermann Hagedorn, Jr._
The Boys........................... _Oliver Wendell Holmes_

THE ANECDOTE
The Mob Conquered.................. _George William Curtis_
An Example of Faith................ _Henry W. Grady_
The Rail-Splitter.................. _H. L. Williams_
O'Connell's Wit.................... _Wendell Phillips_
A Reliable Team.................... _Theodore Roosevelt_
Meg's Marriage..................... _Robert Collyer_
Outdoing Mrs. Partington........... _Sidney Smith_
Circumstance not a Cause........... _Sidney Smith_
More Terrible than the Lions....... _A. A. McCormick_
Irving, the Actor.................. _John De Morgan_
Wendell Phillips's Tact............ _James Burton Pond_
Baked Beans and Culture............ _Eugene Field_
Secretary Chase's Chin-Fly......... _F. B. Carpenter_

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