Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Հատոր 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 էջ 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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... Arguments and demonstrative oratory 229 LECT . XI . Deliberative oratory 253 LECT . XII . Judicial oratory 277 LECT . XIII . Judicial oratory 297 LECT . XIV . Eloquence of the pulpit 321 LECT . XV . Intellectual and moral qualities of ...
... argument of his incom- petency for the high commission , with which he was to be charged . To supply this deficiency , which , even in the communication of more than human powers , Eternal Wisdom had not seen fit to romove , another ...
... argument , as decisive for giving it the prefer- ence . The reasons , which I deem far more conclu- sive for adopting it , are its comprehensive simplic- ity , and its remarkable coincidence with that vir- tual definition of the art ...
... argument to convince and of every sentiment to persuade ? If then we admit , that the art of oratory qualifies the minister of the gospel to perform in higher perfection the duties of his station , we can no longer question , whether it ...
... arguments of universal application in favor of eloquence , it may be proper to examine with candor the objections , which often have been and still are occasionally urged against it . These objections are three . First , that rhetor- ic ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Հատոր 1 John Quincy Adams Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1810 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Հատոր 1 John Quincy Adams Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1810 |