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Title: Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O

Author: Various

Editor: Thomas B. Reed

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Language: English

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REPRODUCTIONS OF MURAL DECORATIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON

"JUSTICE"

Photo-engraving in colors after the original painting by George W. Maynard

This picture is one of a series of eight panels rep resenting "The Virtues" —Fortitude, Justice, Patriotism, Courage, Temperance, Prudence, Industry, and Concord. The number of virtues to be represented was limited to the number of panels, so the selection was necessarily somewhat arbitrary. Each figure is about five and a half feet high, clad in floating classic drapery, and represented to the spectator as appearing before him in the air, without a support or background other than the deep red of the wall. "Justice" holds the globe in one hand, signifying the extent of her sway. In the other hand she holds a naked sword upright, in token of the terribleness of her punishment.]

MODERN

ELOQUENCE

EDITOR THOMAS B REED

ASSOCIATE EDITORS JUSTIN McCARTHY · ROSSITER JOHNSON ALBERT ELLERY BERGH

VOLUME II After-Dinner Speeches E-O

GEO. L. SHUMAN & CO. CHICAGO

Copyright, 1903 JOHN R SHUMAN

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION

E DWARD E VERETT H ALE , Author of "The Man Without a Country."

J O HN B. G O RDO N , Former United States Senator.

N ATHAN H ASKELL D O LE , Associate Editor "International Library of Famous Literature."

J AMES B. P O ND , Manager Lecture Bureau; Author of "Eccentricities of Genius."

G EO RG E M C L EAN H ARPER , Professor of English Literature, Princeton University.

L O RENZO S EARS , Professor of English Literature, Brown University.

E DWIN M. B ACO N , Former Editor "Boston Advertiser" and "Boston Post."

J. W ALKER M C S PADDEN , Managing Editor "Édition Royale" of Balzac's Works.

F. C UNLIFFE O WEN , Member Editorial Staff "New York Tribune."

T RUMAN A. D E W EESE , Member Editorial Staff "Chicago Times-Herald."

C HAMP C LARK , Member of Congress from Missouri.

M ARCUS B ENJAMIN , Editor, National Museum, Washington, D. C.

C LARK H O WELL , Editor "Atlanta Constitution."

INTRODUCTIONS AND SPECIAL ARTICLES BY

T HO MAS B. R EED , H AMILTO N W RIG HT M ABIE , L O RENZO S EARS , J O NATHAN P. D O LLIVER , C HAMP C LARK , E DWARD E VERETT H ALE , A LBERT E LLERY B ERG H .

NOTE—A large number of the most distinguished speakers of this country and Great Britain have selected their own best speeches for this Library. These

speakers include Whitelaw Reid, William Jennings Bryan, Henry van Dyke, Henry M Stanley, Newell Dwight Hillis, Joseph Jeffe rson, Sir Henry Irving, Arthur T. Hadley, John D. Long, David Starr Jordan, and many others of equal note.

CONTENTS

VOLUME II

E G G LESTO N , G EO RG E C ARY Southern Literature E LIO T , C HARLES W ILLIAM Harvard and Yale E LIO T , S AMUEL A. The Source of Song and Story E MERSO N , R ALPH W ALDO England, Mother of Nations The Memory of Burns War The Wisdom of China E VARTS , W ILLIAM M AXWELL International Arbitration The Republic and Its Outlook The French Alliance Tribute to Herbert Spencer The Classics in Education Liberty Enlightening the World E WING , T HO MAS C. Ohio and the Northwest F ARRAR , F REDERIC W ILLIAM Poet and Painter F ELLO WS , J O HN R. North and South F IELD , D AVID D UDLEY The Telegraph Early Connecticut F INCH , F RANCIS M.

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The Office of the Law F O O RD , J O HN The Land o' Cakes F O RD , S IMEO N Me and Sir Henry A Run on the Banker F RO UDE , J AMES A NTHO NY Men of Letters F ULLER , M ELVILLE W ESTO N The Supreme Court G ARLAND , H AMLIN Realism versus Romanticism G ILBERT , J O HN Playing Old Men Parts G ILBERT , W ILLIAM S CHWENK Pinafore G ILMAN , D ANIEL C O IT The Era of Universities G LADSTO NE , W ILLIAM E WART The Age of Research G RADY , H ENRY W. The Race Problem G RAND , S ARAH Mere Man G RANT , U LYSSES S IMPSO N A Remarkable Climate Characteristics of Newspaper Men The Adopted Citizen G RIG G S , J O HN W ILLIAM Social Discontent H ALE , E DWARD E VERETT The Mission of Culture Boston H ALL , W ILLIAM F. Yarn of the Manager Bold H ALSTEAD , M URAT Our New Country H ARRISO N , B ENJAMIN The Union of States H AWLEY , J O SEPH R O SWELL The Press

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H AY , J O HN Omar Khayyam H AYES , R UTHERFO RD B. National Sentiments H ENDRIX , J O SEPH C. The Wampum of the Indians H ERSCHELL , L O RD Great Britain and the United States H ILLARD , G EO RG E S TILLMAN The Influence of Men of Genius H O LE , S AMUEL R EYNO LDS With Brains, Sir! H O LMES , O LIVER W ENDELL Welcome to the Alumni Dorothy Q. H O LMES , O LIVER W ENDELL , J R . Sons of Harvard Who Fell in Battle The Joy of Life H O UG HTO N , L O RD (R ICHARD M O NCKTO N M ILNES ) Your Speech and Ours Bonds of National Sympathy H O WE , J ULIA W ARD Tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes H O WELL , C LARK Our Reunited Country

H O WELLS , W ILLIAM D EAN The "Atlantic" and Its Contributors H O WLAND , H ENRY E LIAS Russia Our Ancestors and Ourselves H UXLEY , T HO MAS H ENRY Science and Art I NG ERSO LL , R O BERT G REEN The Music of Wagner I RVING , S IR H ENRY Looking Forward The Drama The Function of the Newspaper J EBB , R ICHARD C LAVERHO USE Literature and Art J EFFERSO N , J O SEPH

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My Farm in Jersey In Memory of Edwin Booth K ITCHENER , L O RD The Relief of Khartum L ANG , A NDREW Problem Novels L AURIER , W ILFRID Canada L AWRENCE , F RANK R.

The Future of New York

L ECKY , W ILLIAM E. H. The Artistic Side of Literature L EE , F ITZHUG H The Flag of the Union Forever L EIG HTO N , S IR F REDERIC Variety in British Art L ELAND , C HARLES G O DFREY Hans Breitmann's Return L INCO LN , A BRAHAM Central Ideas of the Republic L O DG E , H ENRY C ABO T The Blue and the Gray L O NG , J O HN D AVIS The Navy L O W , S ETH The Chamber of Commerce L O WELL , J AMES R USSELL Harvard Alumni National Growth of a Century The Stage Commerce After-Dinner Speaking "The Return of the Native" Literature International Copyright L O WELL , J O HN Humors of the Bench L YTTO N , L O RD (S IR E DWARD B ULWER -L YTTO N ) Macready and the English Stage Farewell to Charles Dickens M ABIE , H AMILTO N W RIG HT

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Spirit of New England Literature M ACKAY , D O NALD S AG E The Dutch Domine M ACKENZIE , A LEXANDER C. Music M ACREADY , W ILLIAM C HARLES Farewell to the Stage M C C ARTHY , J USTIN

Ireland's Struggle M C C LURE , A LEXANDER K ELLY An Editorial Retrospect M C K ELWAY , S T . C LAIR Smashed Crockery Tribute to Mark Twain M C K INLEY , W ILLIAM Our Country The Future of the Philippines M ELISH , W ILLIAM B. The Ladies M ILES , N ELSO N A PPLETO N The Spanish-American War M ILLER , S AMUEL F REEMAN Federal Judges M O RLEY , J O HN Literature and Politics M O TLEY , J O HN L O THRO P The Poets' Corner N EWMAN , J O HN P HILIP Commerce N O RTO N , C HARLES E LIO T Castles in Spain O G LESBY , R ICHARD The Royal Corn O'R EILLY , J O HN B O YLE Moore, the Bard of Erin

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"J USTICE " Photo-engraving in colors after an original painting by George W. Maynard H ENRY W O O DFIN G RADY Photogravure after a photograph from life O LIVER W ENDELL H O LMES Photogravure after a photograph from life R O BERT G REEN I NG ERSO LL Photogravure after a photograph from life M ENU C ARD Photogravure after a design by Thompson Willing F ANEUIL H ALL Photogravure after a photograph "P ATRIO TISM " Photo-engraving in colors after an original painting By George W Maynard

Frontispiece

GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

SOUTHERN LITERATURE

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[Speech of George Cary Eggleston at the first annual banquet of the New York Southern Society, February 22, 1887. A lgernon Sidney Sullivan, President of the Society, was in the chair. In introducing the speaker Mr. Sullivan said: "We want to hear a word about 'Southern Literature,' and we will now call upon Mr. George Cary Eggleston to respond to that sentiment."]

M R . P RESIDENT :—I have cheered myself so hoarse that I do not think I can make a speech at all. I will say a word or two if my voice holds out. It is patriotically hoarse.

If I manage to make a speech it will be the one speech of the evening which was most carefully prepared. The preparations were all made, arrangements were completed and it was perfectly understood that I should not make it. The name set down under this toast is that of Hon. John Randolph Tucker, and the wild absurdityaskin of gswriter who does not make  a peeches, to take the