Philo, Thomas Muir, James Hervey, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Mason, and Cato the Younger. Quotes "I well remember, when I was a boy, how ardently I longed for the opportunity of reading, but had no access to a library", Caleb Bingham, 1803. "Every opportunity I got, I used to read this book", Frederick Douglass, 1845. References External links The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces, Together with Rules, Calculated to Improve Youth and Others in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence. 19th Century Schoolbooks Collection, Digital Research Library, University of Pittsburgh. The Influence of The Columbian Orator – "E Pluribus Unum Project," Assumption College. 1797 anthologies Books about education Cultural depictions of Socrates Cultural depictions of Cato the Younger Abolitionism in the United States