History's Greatest Speeches: The Complete Collection

by Jesus Christ, Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt

Overview

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution, from the days before slaves had been emancipated (or women had the vote) to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has gathered some of the most important and iconic speeches ever delivered and presents them here- with a biographical background for each speaker- in this complete collection. 

This unique treasury of orations features all of the speeches from Volume 1-6 of this series, all of which are also available in audiobook form, the speeches performed by the finest actors in America and each featuring immersive sound - including music and sound effects - to make the listener feel as if they were present when these speeches were first delivered.

This collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great orators and to the words they used to inspire millions.

This is the final volume in this series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949661552
Publisher:	Ft. Raphael Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/03/2021
Series:	History's Greatest Speeches , #10
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	1,041,537
File size:	848 KB

About the Author

Jesus of Nazareth was born in approximately 6 (or 4) BC to his mother Mary and her husband Joseph, a carpenter. As a young man, he followed Joseph into the carpentry business but, as an adult, became renowned as a prophet and philosopher. To many of his followers, Jesus was considered to be the long-awaited Christ or Messiah. The speech in this volume was transcribed by one of his disciples, Matthew, and is commonly known as the Sermon on the Mount. It contains what is known to us today as both the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes (or blessings) that he offers at the outset of the speech. Jesus would eventually be arrested and crucified by the Roman government and is believed by many to have been resurrected, now sitting at the right hand of God, awaiting his return to Earth during the Second Coming.
In 1852, Frederick Douglass, former slave and, by then, a leading figure in the abolitionist movement was asked by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Association to address the group for their July 4th celebration at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. Delivered, in fact, on the 5th of July, the speech caused an immediate sensation and swiftly became a seminal rallying cry of the abolitionist movement in America. The audience in Rochester included none other than President Millard Fillmore (along with a group of politicians from Washington) as well as some of the most important leaders of the abolitionist movement at the time.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) became most widely known as the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and thus the longest-serving First Lady in American history, but she was also an accomplished diplomat, civil rights advocate and a fierce campaigner for basic human rights around the globe. Easily one of the most admired Americans of the 20th century, Eleanor Roosevelt fundamentally altered the role of First Lady, often speaking on behalf of her husband due to his persistent health issues, and did not try to disguise when she disagreed with her husband on policy issues. After leaving the White House, Eleanor served as the US Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945-1952 and delivered the speech in this volume at the Sorbonne in Paris on September 28, 1948.