Here are posts labelled "Oration" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Francois Guizot
- Birth: October 4, 1787, Nîmes, France
- Death: September 12, 1874, Saint-Ouen-le-Pin, France
- Language: French
- Who he was: French historian, orator, and statesman prior to the Revolution of 1848; numerous works include A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times (6 Volumes); Memoirs
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 3)
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Just the Facts:
- Name: John C. Calhoun
- Birth: March 18, 1782, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
- Death: March 31, 1850, Washington, D.C., USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American statesman and political theorist; seventh Vice President of the United States. "The Concurrent Majority" lays out his most important idea; a 1837 speech in the U.S. Senate, "Slavery a Positive Good"
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 3)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Martin Luther King Jr
- Birth: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Death: April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American minister and activist; Stride Toward Freedom; Why We Can't Wait; The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.; "I Have a Dream" and "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (speeches); Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Birth: June 19, 1834, Kelvedon, England, UK
- Death: January 31, 1892, Menton, France
- Language: English
- Who he was: British baptist preacher; The Wordless Book
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Abraham Lincoln
- Birth: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
- Death: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C., USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American president; "House Divided" speech; "First Inaugural Address"; "The Gettysburg Address"; "Second Inaugural Address"
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1, 2)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
- Known as: Winston Churchill
- Birth: November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, England, UK
- Death: January 24, 1965, London, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: British statesman, historian, writer, and orator; The Second World War; A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
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Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Hinmatóowyalahtq'it
- Known as: Chief Joseph; also Joseph the Younger; Young Joseph; Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
- Birth: March 3, 1840, Wallowa Valley, Oregon, USA
- Death: September 21, 1904, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, USA
- Language: Nez Perce; English
- Who he was: Native American leader of the last faction of Nez Perce Indians to live outside of a reservation; his spoken words and writings (like Chief Joseph's Own Story) have led him to be seen as a humanitarian and a peacemaker.
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Also known as: Cicero
- Birth: January 3, 106 BCE, Arpino, Italy
- Death: December 7, 43 BCE, Formia, Italy
- Language: Latin
- Who he was: Roman orator, author, and letter-writer who wrote these orations: In Verrem (Against Verres; In Catilinam (Catiline Orations) I-IV; Philippicae (Philippics); and philosophical works: De Oratore (On the Orator); De Re Publica (On the Commonwealth); De Legibus (On the Laws); De Finibus (On the Ends of Good and Evil); De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods); De Officiis (On Obligations)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); HC; Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
