Hamlet to the Players.............. _William Shakespeare_
Bellario's Letter.................. _William Shakespeare_
Casca, Speaking of Caesar........... _William Shakespeare_
Squandering of the Voice........... _Henry Ward Beecher_
The Training of the Gentleman...... _William J. Tucker_

MAKING THE POINT
Brutus to the Roman Citizens....... _William Shakespeare_
The Precepts of Polonius........... _William Shakespeare_
The High Standard.................. _Lord Rosebery_
On Taxing the Colonies............. _Edmund Burke_
Justifying the President........... _John C. Spooner_
Britain and America................ _John Bright_

VALUES AND TRANSITIONS
King Robert of Sicily.............. _Henry W. Longfellow_
Laying the Atlantic Cable.......... _James T. Fields_
O'Connell, the Orator.............. _Wendell Phillips_
Justification for Impeachment...... _Edmund Burke_
Wendell Phillips, the Orator....... _George William Curtis_
On the Disposal of Public Lands.... _Robert Y. Hayne_
The Declaration of Independence.... _Abraham Lincoln_

EXPRESSING THE FEELING
Northern Greeting to Southern Veterans.
................................... _Henry Cabot Lodge_
Matches and Overmatches............ _Daniel Webster_
The Coalition...................... _Daniel Webster_
In His Own Defense................. _Robert Emmet_
On Resistance to Great Britain..... _Patrick Henry_