Lectures and orations

Henry Ward Beecher was among two or three most conspicuous figures in American life of his time. He stood in the limelight with the President, occasional banker, inventor, author or statesman. He was the most widely heard preacher, lecturer and writer than any other American. He left behind more than forty volumes including, sermons, patriotic addresses, essays, theology, philosophy with studies of travel, nature and art.He had the most extraordinary gift of language, choosing words with a certa...