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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... truth of these remarks , let me appeal to the testimony of history , sacred and profane . We shall find it equally clear and conclusive from the earliest of her records , which have escaped the ravages of time . When the people of God ...
... interpreter of Olympus . It is attested by the solicitude , with which the art was cultivated , at a period of the remotest an- tiquity . With the first glimpse of historical truth , which bursts 3 INAUGURAL ORATION . 17.
... truth , which bursts from the oriental regions of mytho logical romance , in that feeble and dubious twi- light , which scarcely discerns the distinction be- tween the fictions of pagan superstition and the narrative of real events , a ...
... truth the path of your fellow - mortals to brighter worlds ? Remem- ber the reason , assigned for the appointment of Aaron to that ministry , which you purpose to as- 1 " sume upon yourself . I KNOW , THAT HE INAUGURAL ORATION . 29.
... truth , has never obtained the assent of the rational part of mankind . Wit , like the ancient Parthian , flies while it fights ; or like the modern Indian , shoots from behind trees and hedges . The 56 [ LECT . II . OBJECTIONS AGAINST.
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