The battle-fields of early American eloquence
James Otis, orator of intrepid passion
Samuel Adams, last of the Puritans
Josiah Quincy, orator of refined enthusiasm
John Hancock, dignified cavalier of liberty
Joseph Warren, type of our martial eloquence
John Adams, orator of blended enthusiasm and sobriety
Patriotic piety of '76
Patrick Henry, the incarnation of revolutionary zeal
Richard Henry Lee, the polished statesman
Alexander Hamilton, the master of political sagacity
Fisher Ames, orator of genius and elaborate beauty
William Pinkney, the accomplished counsellor
William Wirt, the elegant advocate
Thomas Addis Emmet, the orator of deep feeling
John Randolph, the impersonation of sarcasm.