'''The Columbian Orator: Containing A Variety Of Original And Selected Pieces, Together With Rules, Calculated To Improve Youth And Others In The Ornamental And Useful Art Of Eloquence''' is a compilation of speeches, essays, and other short works designed to aid in the development of public speakers.
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'''The Columbian Orator: Containing A Variety Of Original And Selected Pieces, Together With Rules, Calculated To Improve Youth And Others In The Ornamental And Useful Art Of Eloquence''' is a compilation of speeches, essays, and other short works written by Caleb Bingham, designed to aid in the development of public speakers.
''The Columbian Orator'' was very influential with [[Frederick Douglass]].
''The Columbian Orator'' was very influential with [[Frederick Douglass]].
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==Contents==
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The compilation includes speeches from speakers such as: Joseph Perkins,<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/oration-on-eloquence-pronounced-at-the-anniversary-commencement-of-harvard-university-in-cambridge-july-16-1794/oclc/874694040?referer=di&ht=edition An Oration on Eloquence]</ref> [[George Washington]], Paulus Emilius, Hugh Blair, [[Philo]], Thomas Muir, James Hervey, [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Cato the Younger]], and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.