Title: On the Nature of Politics Date: May 12, 1915 Location: Boston, MA Context: Speech at the Algonquin Club on politics, responsibility and “that office holding is the incidental, but […]
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April 24, 2014
Grove Oration
April 24, 2014
Title: An Oration at his Graduation from Amherst College Date: June 1, 1895 Location: Amherst, MA Context: An annual tradition at Amherst College, Calvin Coolidge was voted by his classmates to deliver a humorous […]
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Oratory in History
April 24, 2014
Oratory in History By J. Calvin Coolidge Black River Academy Commencement May 1890 To further estimate the degree in which oratory has influenced the history of the world, would be a […]
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April 24, 2014
Title Date Source The Principles Fought for in the American Revolution, with an introductory essay by Hendrik Booream V. Dec 1894 Oratory in History (Coolidge’s First Speech) May 1, 1890 […]
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April 24, 2014
Title: Address to the General Court beginning the 2nd year as Governor of Massachusetts Date: January 8, 1920 Location: Boston, MA (?) Context: Speeches as Governor of Mass (1919-1920), Coolidge January 8, […]
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