Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Zväzok 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 strán (strany) 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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... divisions and subdivisions , burdensome to the memory , op- pressive to genius , and never applicable to any valuable purpose in the business of the world . Second , that it is a frivolous science , substituting childish declamation ...
... divisions and subdivisions of the rhetorical science are clearly and succinctly pointed out . It is altogether pre- ceptive , barely containing the rules , without any illustration from example . It is a system of rhet- oric in the ...
... division and upon the combination of its parts . It is the essential advantage of scientific over desultory knowledge , that it discovers to us the various channels and communications between things , which are sepa- rated without being ...
... division of the subjects , upon which , by the rules of the institution , I am required to address you . Next ' of a vindication of rhetoric and oratory from the objections , which are often urged against them ; and lastly of a short ...
... division I have here made of rhetoric , is called pronuncia- tion , or action . In this sense it is used by Sheri- dan and Walker , the best modern English writers and teachers upon the subject . In this sense it so generally prevails ...
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