John Temple Graves: "The most eloquent Southerner of to-day"

              He is the most Eloquent Southerner of To-day.
 Henry Watterson.

He has the Most Phenomenal Eloquence I ever heard.
 Henry W. Grady.


He is a born Orator if ever one came into the world.


Boston Globe.



He Surpasses Ingersoll in Rhetoric and Delivery.
 Robert Irving Fulton.

A Brilliant and Beautiful Speaker.
 Wm. McKinley, Jr.
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
THE MOST ELOQUENT SOUTHERNER OF TO-DAY.



MANAGEMENT NEW DIXIE LYCEUM BUREAU COLUMBUS, MISS.




LECTURES



1.


A REUNITED COUNTRY.


2.


THE REIGN OF THE DEMAGOGUE.


3.


THE NEW WOMAN—AND THE OLD.


4.


THE LAST HOPE OF THE NEGRO.


5.


AARON BURR.






RARE PLAUDITS OF THE PRESS.



NEW YORK WORLD
.  [Editorially]:


—Georgia has produced many silver-tongued orators, but not even the lamented Grady was more captivating and effective than John Temple Graves, whose eloquence and brilliant wit have charmed the Metropolis.




NEW YORK SUN
.  [Editorially.]:


—No Southerner has delighted more with his brilliant eloquence than John Temple Graves, of Georgia.




BOSTON HERALD
.  [Editorial.]:


—He surpassed every expectation, and proved himself in every way a worthy successor of Grady.




BOSTON GLOBE
.  [Editorially.]:


—Seldom indeed has any orator gained such instant success in Boston as that which was won on Saturday evening by Editor John Temple Graves, of Atlanta.  It was not so much the brilliant diction of his speech, nor the fervor of his appeal that aroused enthusiasm, though these were noteworthy in every way.  What made Mr. Graves' address so peculiarly effective and interesting was its great frankness, its absolute sincerity, and the spirit of lofty patriotism which manifested itself throughout.  There is no danger that oratory will ever become a lost art while there are men like this eloqnent Southron to appeal to the heart and soul of the people of America.




SPRINGFIELD [MASS.] REPUCLICAN
:


—His address was magnificent, and proved him in every way a worthy successor of Henry W. Grady.




AUGUSTA [GA.] CHRONICLE
:


—He is 'facile princeps' the orator of the South.




NEW ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT
:


—Though expectation had been wrought to the highest pitch by the lavish encomiums of the press, yet in the realization of his matchless eloquence the half had not been told.  From first to last John Temple Graves held his audience spell-bound by the magic of his magnificent lecture.




CHICAGO INTER OCEAN
:


—Nothing more beautiful was ever written than John Temple Graves' description of Eve.  A great audience listened to his 'New Woman with intense delight.




NASHVILLE AMERICAN
:


—For style, elegant diction and opulent vocabulary he has scarcely an equal in the South, and it may be doubted, if for brilliant, old-time oratory of the Calhoun-Yancy school he has a superior in any section of the country.




INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
:


—The most brilliant lecture of a very brilliant course.




RICHMOND [VA.] DAILY TIMES
. [Editorial.]:


—The Hon. John Temple Graves, of Georgia, made one of the greatest hits ever made by an orator at the University of Virginia, where a long line of speakers of national fame have appeared.  Coming from the State of the gifted Grady, it was almost inevitable that he should be compared with him, especially as Grady delivered here only five years ago his wonderful oration on the 'Gospel of Democracy;' but the unexpected happened when many good judges declared Mr. Graves' oration to day on 'Demagogues' as better than Grady's.  No man ever commanded more attention.




CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL GAZETTE
:


—Mr. Graves is an orator in the truest sense of the word.  At the same time he is a patriot filled with the lofty love of his country.  His lecture was splendid beyond measure.




JAMESTOWN [N. Y.] DAILY JOURNAL
:


—Never has a number of Y. M. C. A. lecture course given greater satisfaction.




CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
:


—An oration graced by choice flowers of rhetoric, burning with fervid eloquence, and breathing exalted patriotism.  John Temple Graves is indeed an orator.




UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.
—
COLUMBIA HERALD
:


—Among platform speakers who have appeared in Columbia within this year John Temple Graves is easily chief.




JACKSONVILLE [FLA.] DAILY METROPOLIS
:


—Undoubtedly the finest lecture ever delivered in this city.




LEXINGTON [KY.] DAILY PRESS
:


—Without the least disparagement of the other renowned and illustrious Americans who have spoken at our great Chautauqua. the ablest and most eloquent utterance ever heard from that platform came from the lips of John Temple Graves.  For more than an hour he held the audience enthralled with the wondrous spell of his burning eloquence.  'The Reign of the Demagogue' is simply magnificent.  'The Daughter of Eve' is a prose-poem of surpassing beauty.




ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
:


—Every speech, Mr. Graves fixes his fame as the orator of Georgia.




ATLANTA JOURNAL
:


—He is undoubtedly the South's most gifted orator.




BUFFALO
 [N.Y] 
DAILY COURIER
:


—He held a vast audience spell-bound for an hour; a wonderful oration.




NORFOLK [VA.] DAILY NEWS
:


—Mr. Graves is a statesman.  His lecture last evening was sublime.  He rose above the mere platform orator and seemed inspired.  Those who failed to hear him last night will never again miss such a treat when they hear the universal praises sung to-day to the wonderful Georgian.




THE CORNELLIAN, MT. VERNON, IA
.;


—The finest piece of oratory ever heard in this land of orators was The Reign of the Demagogue,' by John Temple Graves.




AUGUSTA [GA.] NEWS
:


—He is the finest orator since Thomas Emmett.




GRAND RAPIDS [MICH.] DEMOCRAT
:


—Mr. Graves is to-day the foremost leader of the New South.  Usually he is mentioned as the successor of Henry Grady in eloquence and influence.  
BUT HE IS GREATER THAN GRADY
.  For, with the eloquence and poetic temperament and devotion of the now dead orator Mr. Graves combines a force of logic which Grady did not possess.




MARYSVILLE [MO] NEWS
:


—His eloquence equals that of any mortal man.




PINE BLUFF [ARK.] GAZETTE
:


—We will not say that John Temple Graves is a second Henry Grady.  He is simple John Temple Graves.  He can have no Imitators.  He can have no equals and no superiors.




OSKALOOSA [IA.[ HERALD
:


—Assuredly this man Graves has the divinest touch of the art of the orator—the truest tribune of the people—and he has a message that is weighty with matters of greatest and direct import to all who love their country—the leech who cares nothing about such matters would not be interested.  Such natural eloquence—that seemed to be individualized to each in the audience—powerful, logical, scathing, earnest, sincere—has never been equalled on our lecture platform.  Much was expected—but expectation was more, and very much more, than realized from first word lo last.




UNIVERSITV OF ILLINOIS
.—
CHAMPAIGN GAZETTE
:


—The most instructively memorable literary effort made in Champaign this season.




MERIDIAN [MISS.] DAILY NEWS
:


—It was the sublimest thing that ever fell from human lips in this city—that appeal to the young manhood of Mississippi to do patriotic service in behalf of the land and government which they love.




TEXAS BAPTIST STANDARD
:


—Never in the history of Waco was there a more polished, forceful and ornate oration.  It is side by side with Beecher's 'Reign of the Common People.




NOTE.—Mr. Graves' Home Address is College Park (Atlanta), Georgia.




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