The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III, credited to Various; William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III by Various; William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey. Read in English by volunteer readers. 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 fifth volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 1865 with a speech on the Canadian Confederation, and end this volume in 1906, the year in which this volume was published, with a couple of speeches on Liberalism. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III
• Author credits: Various; William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:27:17

Catalogue topics

• politics
• speech
• parliament
• political science
• 1906
• oration
• 2019
• politician

Track guide

1. 01 - Sir John Alexander Macdonald - On Canadian Confederation — 21:30
2. 02 - Thomas Carlyle - Address as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University — 26:22
3. 03 - Goldwin Smith - The Secret Beyond Science — 6:54
4. 04 - Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield - On the Principles of His Party — 51:54
5. 05 - William Ewart Gladstone - On the Domestic and Foreign Affairs of England — 41:39
6. 06 - Charles Bradlaugh - His Plea at the Bar of the House — 13:56
7. 07 - Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord Churchill - His 'Trust the People' Speech — 16:31
8. 08 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d Marquess of Salisbury - On the Desertion of Gordon in Egypt — 19:37
9. 09 - Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Men Made Rich by the Poverty of Christ — 20:01
10. 10 - Augustine Birrell - The Distinction of Burke — 23:27
11. 11 - James, Viscount of Bryce - On the Government of Ireland Bill — 30:57
12. 12 - Arthur James, Earl of Balfour - On the Benefits of Reading — 18:56
13. 13 - Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery - Robert Burns — 21:27
14. 14 - Joseph Chamberlain - The True Conception of Empire — 17:38
15. 15 - Sir Wilfrid Laurier - On the Death of Queen Victoria — 17:40
16. 16 - Herbert Henry Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith - Trade and the Empire — 20:55
17. 17 - John, Viscount Morley - His Address at Pittsburg — 26:50
18. 18 - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - On the Policy of the Liberal Party — 26:42
19. 19 - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - His 'The Duma Is Dead: Long Live the Duma' Speech — 11:31
20. 20 - Lord Robert Reid Loreburn - On the Policy of the English Liberals — 12:50

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