Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators

by Elbert Hubbard

21 chapters8h 56mEnglish1916

About this book

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre. In this volume he reflects on the lives of eminent orators, among them Pericles, Mark Anthony, Martin Luther, Jean Paul Marat, Robert Ingersoll and others. (Summary by Lucy Perry, adapted by Ava) This is volume 7 in a series of 14 books.

Chapters (21)

1Pericles, Part 1

1059

2Pericles, Part 2

1247

3Mark Anthony, Part 1

1650

4Mark Anthony, Part 2

1576

5Savonarola, Part 1

1321

6Savonarola, Part 2

1268

7Martin Luther, Part 1

2010

8Martin Luther, Part 2

2226

9Edmund Burke

2210

10William Pitt

1932

11Jean Paul Marat

1696

12Robert Ingersoll, Part 1

1531

13Robert Ingersoll, Part 2

1470

14Patrick Henry, Part 1

1146

15Patrick Henry, Part 2

1076

16Starr King, Part 1

1554

17Starr King, Part 2

1824

18Henry Ward Beecher, Part 1

1430

19Henry Ward Beecher, Part 2

1380

20Wendell Phillips, Part 1

1314

21Wendell Phillips, Part 2

1291

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators

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Chapters (21)

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