Tabla de Contenidos: “…William Gilmore Simms: a biographical overview / David Moltke-Hansen -- William Gilmore Simms as orator -- "Barnwell Agricultural Society oration" (1840) -- "The sense of the beautiful" (1870) -- "The social principle" (1842) -- "The sources of American independence" (1844) -- "Choice of a profession" (1855) -- "Inauguration of the Spartanburg Female College" (1855) -- "South Carolina in the Revolution" (1856) -- "The social moral, lecture 1" (1857) -- "The antagonisms of the social moral, North and South" (1857)…”