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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... perfect familiarity with their instructions is to arrive at the mastery of the art . For effecting this purpose , the teacher can do little more , than second the ardor and assiduity of the scholar . In the generous thirst for useful ...
... perfect example of that rare and splendid combination , universal genius and indefatigable application , which the annals of the world can produce . There have been other men as liberally gifted by nature . There may pos- sibly have ...
... perfect orator , Antonius is requested to point out the means of acquiring them . Antonius however was of opinion , that the reputation of universal knowledge was by no means necessary , and might be very prejudicial to a public speaker ...
... - ness and beauty more perfect , than they can be found in any of the works of nature , or of man . This creature of the imagination Plato designates by the name of the good and fair . That 108 [ LECT . IV . ORIGIN OF ORATORY .
... perfect models of human beauty . Such exquisite proportions , such an assemblage of features was never found in any human form . But the idea was in the mind of the artist , and his chisel has given it a local habitation in the minds of ...
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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 |