THE LAWRENCE READER AND SPEAKER

Reader and Speaker

A COMPILATION OF MASTERPIECES

IN POETRY AND PROSE

INCLUDING MANY OF THE GREATEST ORATIONS OF ALL AGES
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF THE AUTHORS, POETS, AND
ORATORS, AND CRITICAL REMARKS ON THEIR PRODUCTIONS
AND STYLES. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF COLLEGES,
SCHOOLS, SEMINARIES, LITERARY SOCIETIES,
AND ALL PERSONS WISHING TO EXCEL AS

READERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS

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BY

EDWIN GORDON LAWRENCE
TEACHER OF ORATORY AND DRAMATIC ART, AND AUTHOR OF

THE POWER OF SPEECH,” ETC.