Speeches of William H. Seward and Others is a collection of speeches given by William Henry Seward, a prominent American politician and statesman who served as Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The book contains a selection of Seward's most famous speeches, including his address on the ""Irrepressible Conflict"" between slavery and freedom, his speech on the ""Higher Law"" of anti-slavery, and his famous...