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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... bodies by ar- omatics , would have perished , but for the exer- cises of religion . These alone have in the latter ages furnished discourses , which remind us , that eloquence is yet a faculty of the human mind . Among the causes ...
... body , rather than stimulants to the soul ? Is it the unlettered fanatic , without method , without reason ; with in- coherent raving , and vociferous ignorance , calcu lated to fit his hearers , not for the kingdom of heaven , but for ...
... body , vigor of mind , beauty , valor , genius , what- ever we admire and love in the character of man ; how often are they perverted to his shame and corruption ! It applies with equal force against the laws of physical nature ...
... bodies ; of towns , cities , counties , states , and of the whole confederated empire . Here then eloquence is recommended by the most elevated usefulness , and encourag- ed by the promise of the most precious re- wards . Finally , let ...
... body . The dialogues are a delinea- tion of the talent ; the orator is a portrait of the speaker . The Grecian philosophers first conceived , and Plato has largely expatiated upon , what they call the beautiful , and the good , in the ...
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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 |