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VOL. I	1
PREFACE	2
THE ORATORY OF ANGLO-SAXON COUNTRIES	4
PIERRE ABELARD (1079-1142)	9
THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS	9
THE LAST ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM	11
THE DIVINE TRAGEDY	12
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS (1807-1886)	13
	13
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JUNIOR	17
	18
JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826)	23
INAUGURAL ADDRESS (March 4th. 1797)	24
THE BOSTON MASSACRE	29
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848)	43
ORATION AT PLYMOUTH	44
THE JUBILEE OF THE CONSTITUTION (Delivered at New York, April 30th, 1839)	61
SAMUEL ADAMS (1723-1803)	67
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE	68
AELRED	80
A FAREWELL	80
A SERMON AFTER ABSENCE	81
ON MANLINESS	82
AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)	83
AGAINST CROWNING DEMOSTHENES (Against Ktesiphon)	83
FREDERICK A. AIKEN (1810-1878)	87
DEFENSE OF MRS. MARY E. SURRATT	87
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1205-1280)	109
THE MEANING OF THE CRUCIFIXION	109
THE BLESSED DEAD	110
ETHAN ALLEN	111
A CALL TO ARMS (Delivered in New York city in 1861)	111
FISHER AMES (1758-1808)	114
ON THE BRITISH TREATY	115
ST. ANSELM (1032-1109)	125
THE SEA OP LIFE	125
THOMAS ARNOLD (1795-1842)	127
THE REALITIES OF LIFE AND DEATH	128
CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR (1830-1886)	132
INAUGURAL ADDRESS (Delivered September 22d, 1881)	133
ATHANASIUS (298-373)	134
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST	135
SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430)	138
THE LORD’S PRAYER	138
FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626)	145
SPEECH AGAINST DUELING	147
JAMES BARBOUR (1775-1842)	155
TREATIES AS SUPREME LAWS	156
BARNAVE (1761-1793)	162
COMMERCIAL POLITICS	165
ISAAC BARROW (1630-1677)	166
SLANDER	167
BASIL THE GREAT (329-379)	175
ON A RECREANT NUN	176
RICHARD BAXTER (1615-1691)	182
UNWILLINGNESS TO IMPROVE	182
JAMES A. BAYARD (1767-1815)	186
THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY	187
THOMAS F. BAYARD (1828-1898)	199
A PLEA FOR CONCILIATION IN 1876	200
LORD BEACONSFIELD (BENJAMIN DISRAELI) (1804-1881)	222
THE VENERABLE BEDE (672-735)	260
THE MEETING OF MERCY AND JUSTICE	261
A SERMON FOR ANY DAY	264
THE TORMENTS OF HELL	265
HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887)	266
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LORD BELHAVEN (1656-1708)	286
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JOHN BELL (1797-1869)	297
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JUDAH PHILIP BENJAMIN (1811-1884)	309

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