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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... speaker ; and the importance of the duty is apparent in the distinction , which separated it from all the other transcendent gifts , with which the inspired leader was endowed , and committed it , as a special charge , to his associate ...
... speaker . With the dissolution of Roman liberty , and the decline of Roman taste , the reputation and the excellency of the oratorical art fell alike into decay . Under the despotism of the Cæsars , the end of eloquence was perverted ...
... speaker , and yield the guidance of a nation to the dominion of the voice . Under governments purely republican , where every citizen has a deep interest in the affairs of the nation , and , in some form of public assembly or other ...
... speaker , in composing or pronouncing his discourse , should never lose sight of this principle . There is no better test for the correctness of any precept in the science of rhetoric , nor for the excellence of any example in the ...
... speaker , as well as the excellence of speech ; because none but an honest man can speak well . I shall on a future occasion examine impartially , and endeavor to ascertain precisely the true value of this opin- ion , which is so warmly ...
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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 |