CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS. AN ORATION DE-

LIVERED BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF

BOSTON, JULY 4, 1845

1-130

THE SCHOLAR, THE JURIST, THE ARTIST, THE PHI-

LANTHROPIST. AN ORATION BEFORE THE PHI BETA

KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AT THEIR

ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 27, 1846

131-198

WHITE SLAVERY IN THE BARBARY STATES. A LEC-

TURE BEFORE THE BOSTON MERCANTILE LIBRARY

ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY 17, 1847 .

199-302

FAME AND GLORY. AN ORATION BEFORE THE LITE-
RARY SOCIETIES OF AMHERST COLLEGE, AT THEIR
ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 11, 1847

303-358

THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS, AN ORATION BEFORE

THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF UNION COLLEGE,

SCHENECTADY, JULY 25, 1848

359-410

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Boston

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TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS. AN ORATION DE-

LIVERED BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF

BOSTON, JULY 4, 1845

1-130

THE SCHOLAR, THE JURIST, THE ARTIST, THE PHI-

LANTHROPIST. AN ORATION BEFORE THE PHI BETA

KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AT THEIR

ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 27, 1846

131-198

WHITE SLAVERY IN THE BARBARY STATES. A LEC-

TURE BEFORE THE BOSTON MERCANTILE LIBRARY

ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY 17, 1847 .

199-302

FAME AND GLORY. AN ORATION BEFORE THE LITE-

RARY SOCIETIES OF AMHERST COLLEGE, AT THEIR

ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 11, 1847

303-358

THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS, AN ORATION BEFORE

THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF UNION COLLEGE,

SCHENECTADY, JULY 25, 1848

359-410

THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS. AN ORA

TION DELIVERED BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES

OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, JULY 4, 1845.

O! yet a nobler task awaits thy hand!

For what can War but endless War still breed?

Til Truth and Right from Violence be freed.

MILTON, SONNET TO FAIRFAX.