I. THE LORD’S SUPPER 1 II. HISTORICAL DISCOURSE AT CONCORD 27 III. LETTER TO PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 87 IV. EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES 97 V. WAR 149 VI. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW—ADDRESS AT CONCORD 177 VII. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW—LECTURE AT NEW YORK 215 VIII. THE ASSAULT UPON MR. SUMNER 245 IX. SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN—SPEECH AT BOSTON 265 XI. JOHN BROWN—SPEECH AT SALEM 275 XII. THEODORE PARKER 283 XIII. AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 313 XV. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 327 XVI. HARVARD COMMEMORATION SPEECH 339 XVII. DEDICATION OF THE SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT IN CONCORD 347 XVIII. EDITORS’ ADDRESS 381 XIX. ADDRESS TO KOSSUTH 395 XX. WOMAN 403 XXI. CONSECRATION OF SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY 427 XXII. ROBERT BURNS 437 XXIII. SHAKSPEARE 445 XXIV. HUMBOLDT 455 XXV. WALTER SCOTT 461 XXVI. SPEECH AT BANQUET IN HONOR OF CHINESE EMBASSY 469 XXVII. REMARKS AT ORGANIZATION OF FREE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION 475 XXVIII. SPEECH AT SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF FREE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION 483 XXIX. ADDRESS AT OPENING OF CONCORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 493 XXX. THE FORTUNE OF THE REPUBLIC 509 NOTES 545 I THE LORD’S SUPPER SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE SECOND CHURCH IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1832 I like a church; I like a cowl, I love a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles: Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure? * * * * *