MODERN ELOQUENCE

VOLUME FIVE

ADDRESSES

MODERN ELOQUENCE

IN TWELVE VOLUMES

The outstanding After-Dinner Speeches, Lectures and Addresses

of Modern Times, by the most eminent speakers

of America and Europe

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I-AFTER DINNER SPEECHES, A-D

II-AFTER DINNER SPEECHES, E-M

III-AFTER DINNER SPEECHES, N-Z

IV-ADDRESSES-Business and Industry

V-ADDRESSES-Tributes to Great Men

VI-ADDRESSES-Literary,

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VII-ADDRESSES-Church, Cause, Country

VIII-FAMOUS LECTURES-Humorous,

Inspirational, Scientific

IX-MASTERPIECES-European

X-MASTERPIECES- -American

XI-MASTERPIECES-World War

XII-FIVE HUNDRED BEST ANECDOTES-INDEX

Introductory Essays by Eminent Authorities giving a Practical
Course of Instruction on the Important

Phases of Public Speaking

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FOUNDED BY THOMAS B. REED

VOLUME FIVE

ADDRESSES

ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, Editor
Professor of English, Columbia University

ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD

BRANDER MATTHEWS, CHAIRMAN
Professor, Dramatic Literature, Columbia University
SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN
Formerly Prime Minister of Canada
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
President, Columbia University

JOHN W. DAVIS

Formerly U. S. Ambassador to England

HENRY CABOT LODGE
Senator from Massachusetts

ELIHU ROOT

Formerly Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Senator
OSCAR S. STRAUS

Formerly Secretary of Commerce, Ambassador to Turkey

AUGUSTUS THOMAS

Playright, Chairman, Producing Managers' Association

HENRY VAN DYKE

Professor of English Literature, Princeton University
Formerly U. S. Minister to the Netherlands

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