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Excerpt from The World's Orators: Comprising the Great Orations of the World's History; With Introductory Essays, Biographical Sketches and Critical Notes HE scope of The World's Orators Series is coterminous with the limits of the history of eloquence. The volumes of the series contain the most important orations of all ages and nations. Ln selecting them the Editors have applied the rule of exclusion. Every oration not a masterpiece of eloquence or an invaluable illustration of a phase of oratorical development has been omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.