Excerpt from Among the Great Masters of Oratory: Scenes in the Lives of Famous Orators; Thirty-Two Reproductions of Famous Paintings, With Text The compiler desires to acknowledge the kindness of Messrs. Lee 8: Shepard in per mitting him to quote from an address of Wendell Phillips published in their edition of his Speeches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.