Oration

Famous quotes containing the word oration:

    Almost any noble verse may be read, either as his elegy or eulogy, or be made the text of an oration on him.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    My speech is too fast; my oration confused; love knows no order.
    Jerome (c. 340–420)

    The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings of the Websters, Sumners and Everetts seem gaudy and silly. It is eloquence brought to a pellucid and almost gem-like perfection—the highest emotion reduced to a few poetical phrases.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)