Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Τόμος 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 σελίδες Before becoming President of the United States, John Quincy Adams was a Harvard professor of language, rhetoric and oratory, with this book comprising his lectures. Published in 1810 when Quincy Adams was in his forties, this work is a collection which demonstrates the breadth of knowledge which he passed to students eager to learn about the arts of speaking. The early lectures cover the basic principles of oratory and eloquence in the context of public speaking, and the origins of rhetoric as a celebrated art form in ancient Greece and Rome. It is clear that the author possesses an intense knowledge of the subject and its professional application. Later on in the text are more specific lectures, such as the importance of perfecting oratory for the courtroom, and the personal qualities a good speaker should cultivate. Keeping tight control of one's emotions when speaking or debating with others, and delivering compelling lectures from the church pulpit, are also discussed at length. Although this material is well over 200 years old with much of the language archaic by modern standards, the ideas and principles espoused by Quincy Adams remain both relevant and important to students and those working in fields where speech is vital. |
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... character depend , will be found , on every fit occasion , to be forcibly incul- cated . Like his admired Milton , it was his con- stant aim to point out " the right path of a virtu- ous and noble education . " In concurrence with the ...
... at Rome · 95 LECT . V. Cicero and his rhetorical writings 117 LECT . VI . Institutes and character of Quinctilian 139 LECT . VII . Constituent branches of rhetoric 161 b LECT . VIII . State of the controversy 183 LECT.
... characters , to have been , dur- ing a long succession of ages , subjects of continu- al controversy among mankind . In forming an estimate of the moral or intellectual merits of many a person , whose name is recorded in the volumes of ...
... characters of novelty , it will be proper to take a general view of the nature and extent of the field before us . Although , until this time , no specific and peculiar establishment , confined to rhetoric and oratory , has existed ...
... characters in Shakspeare to his collegiate friend ; and the advice is good . But it is not for this , that an artificial system of eloquence was ever constructed , or ought ever to be taught . A musician of taste and skill will ...
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