The World's Famous Orations/Volume 7

by (ed.) William Jennings Bryan

The World's Famous Orations

VOL. VII

CONTINENTAL EUROPE

380–1906

Otto, Prince von Bismarck

OTTO, PRINCE VON BISMARCK

THE
WORLD'S
FAMOUS
ORATIONS

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

FRANCIS W. HALSEY
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

SUBSCRIPTION EDITION
IN TEN VOLUMES

Vol. VII
CONTINENTAL EUROPE

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
New York and London

Copyright 1906 by

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

[Printed in the United States of America]

CONTENTS
Vol. VII—Continental Europe (380—1906)
PART I—EARLY CHRISTIANITY
	Page
St. Chrysostom—The Blessings of Death         (About 380)	3
St. Augustine—On the Lord's Prayer	7
Abelard—The Divine Tragedy	17
St. Bernard—Why Another Crusade? (About        1145)	20
PART II—THE REFORMATION
Savonarola—I A Report on His Embassy to         the King (1495)	25
II After His Excommunication (1498)	28
Zwingli—On Mercenary Soldiers (About 1530)	30
Luther—Before the Diet of Worms (1520)	38
Melanchthon—On the Death of Luther (1546)	44
Calvin—On Suffering Persecution	50
PART III—MODERN FRANCE
Bossuet—On the Death of the Great Condé         (1686)	63
Bourdaloue—On the Passion of Christ	67
Fenelon—True and False Simplicity	74
Massillon—Of a Malignant Tongue	80
Desmoulins—Better to Die than not Live Free         (1788)	89
Mirabeau—I Necker's Financial Plan (1789)	93
II On Being Accused of Treasonable       Relations to the Court (1790)	97
Barnave—Against Majority Absolutism (1791)	112
Vergniaud—On the Situation in France (1792)	117
Danton—I "Dare, Dare Again, Always Dare"        (1792)	130
II On Liberty of Worship (1793)	132
III On Taxing the Rich (1793)	134
Robespierre—I Against Granting the King a         Trial (1792)	136
II His Last Speech (1794)	145
Marat—In His Own Defense (1793)	148
Cambon—On the Situation in France (1793)	152
St. Just—Invective Against Danton (1794)	156
Barere—On the Heroism of the "Vengeur's"        Sailors (1794)	161
Napoleon—I To the Army in Italy (1796)	168
II To the Army of Italy Again (1796)	169
III Speech to the Directory (1797)	172
IV During the Egyptian Campaign (1798)	173
V On the Anniversary of Austerlitz (1806)	175
VI To His Soldiers at Fontainebleau (1814)	176
VII After the Return from Elba (1815)	177
Carnot—Against Setting Up an Emperor        (1802)	179
Lamartine—To a Deputation of Poles (1848)	187
Hugo—In Defense of His Son (1851)	193
Gambetta—Education for the Peasantry in         France	196
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant—France         and the United States (1902)	200
Jaures—In the Debate on Socialism with        Clemenceau (1906)	208
Clemenceau—In the Debate on Socialism with         Jaurès (1906)	214
PART IV—ITALY
Mazzini—To the Young Men of Italy (1848)	225
Garibaldi—To His Soldiers (1860)	229
Cavour—Rome as the Capital of United Italy         (1861)	232
PART V—MODERN GERMANY, HUNGARY AND SPAIN
Frederick the Great—I To His Generals        Before Invading Silesia (1740)	239
II To His Generals Before the Battle of Leuthen (1757)	241
Bismarck—The Canossa Speech (1872)	243
Kossuth—On His Welcome to New York        (1851)	249
Castelar—Plea for a Republic in Spain (1869)	255
Apponyi—On the Death of Louis Kossuth         (1894)	262

ILLUSTRATIONS
Volume VII
	FACING PAGE
Otto, Prince von Bismarck	Frontispiece
Girolamo Savonarola	26
Martin Luther	38
John Calvin	50
Count de Mirabeau	96
George Jacques Danton	130
Maximilien Robespierre	136
Jean Paul Marat	148
Jean Leon Jaurès	208
Giuseppe Mazzini	226
Giuseppe Garibaldi	230