A Plea for Captain John Brown
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56 minutes, 45 seconds
Unabridged Essay/Speech
1859
Against the then-popular condemnation of the radical abolitionist who seized a federal armory, attempting to arm slaves and create a violent rebelion against the South, Thoreau delivered this spirited speech justifying Brown's character and actions to those who would have rather resolved (or failed to resolve) the issue of slavery using discussions and diplomacy. Read by Alex Wilson.
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2 minutes, 22 seconds
Unabridged Speech
1863
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the propisition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great Civil War..." Given by US President Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield November 19, 1863, after the hard-fought, casualty-ridden, and turning-point Civil War battle near Gettysburg, PA.
This speech is inscribed, along with Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Read by Alex Wilson.
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6 minutes, 51 seconds
Unabridged Speech
1775
Patrick Henry's address to the second Virginia Convention in March 23, 1775, where he offered a resolution that put the colony in a state of defense leading up to the American Revolution.
A bestselling Telltale recording (and one of the first), now available free with a Creative Commons License. Read by Alex Wilson.
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1 hour, 29 minutes
Unabridged Christian Sermons
1744
Contains the Telltale Weekly unabridged recordings of Jonathan Swift's On Sleeping in Church, On the Wisdom of This World, On Mutual Subjection, and Three Prayers Used by the Dean for Stella in Her Last Sickness..
Read by Alex Wilson.
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29 minutes, 45 seconds
Unabridged Humorous Speeches
1899-1908
Five speeches by the master at making them interesting and witty.
Theoretical Morals (1899)
"A man can't become morally perfect by stealing one or a thousand green watermelons, but every little helps."
The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling (1907)
"Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can take it too far."
Education and Citizenship (1908)
"Now I want to tell a story about jumping to conclusions. It was told to me by Bram Stoker and it concerns a christening."
Layman's Sermon (1906)
"Now I am not modest. I was born modest, but it didn't last."
University Settlement Society (1901)
"Marvelous it is, to think of schools where you don't have to drive the children in, but drive them out! It was not so in my day."
Read by Alex Wilson.
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53 minutes, 1 second
Unabridged Speech on Technology and Business Issues
2004
On June 17, 2004, science fiction author and EFF spokesman Cory Doctorow talked to Microsoft Research Group and other interested parties about Digital Rights Management (DRM), copyright, and the technology that cleaves them together and apart. In five parts, Doctorow covers everything from DVD region coding and the player piano to the Apple iTunes Music Store and why Sony didn't create the digital successor to its once-ubiquitous Walkman. Everything you ever wanted to know about DRM, but were afraid to tell Microsoft.
20% of all revenues from the sale of this recording will be donated to the Cory Doctorow's charity of choice, which--to nobody's surprise--is the Electronic Frontier Frontier Foundation. This is in addition to the 1% of all Telltale Weekly revenues donates to the EFF. See the Mission page for details.
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1 hour, 20 minutes
Unabridged Essay
1849
Originally entitled "Resistance to Civil Government," the classic libertarian essay on self-reliance advocating the active refusal to disobey unjust laws. Read by Alex Wilson.
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15 minutes, 4 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poetry
1961
On January 20, 1961, Kennedy called on Americans to be active in their citizenship. This recording is in the public domain.
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32 minutes, 53 seconds
Unabridged Speech
1861, 1865
1861
President Lincoln's thoughtful and passionate (but ultimately unsuccessful) plea to keep southern states from seceding from the Union and to avoid the coming Civil War, delivered as he entered office during the most divisive time in U.S. history.
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."Delivered March 4, 1861, just two weeks after Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the president of the Confederacy.
1865
"With malice toward none, with charity for all..." The end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln took the oath of office a second time and gave one of the most America's most famous speeches, and the shortest inaugural address in U.S. history.
This speech is inscribed, along with the The Gettysburg Address, in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In many ways, Lincoln's second inaugural address was a sequel to the address at Gettysburg, honoring the fallen and reflecting on the guilt and loss of a nation.
Delivered March 4, 1865, a month and 10 days before his assassination.
Read by Alex Wilson.
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