THE first edition of this volume has been long out of print. This new edition contains selections from speeches delivered since 1892, when the first edition was published. All the speeches or extracts from speeches are given exactly as they were reported and printed, and therefore deal with facts, conditions, and public affairs as they were at the time of the delivery of each speech, and not as they are to-day. My only reason for this publication is given in the brief note of explanation and dedication prefixed to the first edition.