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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... sense , in which the words are to be understood , appears to be necessary . Speech is the most ordinary vehicle of communication between men , in all their relations with one anoth- er , whether of a public or private nature . By the ...
... sense , and adapted rather to the pageantry of a public festi- val , than to the sober concerns of real life . And third , that it is a pernicious science ; the purpose of which is to mislead the judgment by fascinat- ing the ...
... sense . On this review we shall find the poet's position not exactly conformable to truth ; and even so far as true , by no means decisive against the study of the science . For what can be more necessary to the artist , than to know ...
... sense of its abuses . An objection , which admits , nay , exaggerates the immensity of its powers , but harps upon their perversion to evil ends ; which beholds in oratory , not the sovereign , but the usurper of the soul ; which , far ...
... sense upon the first elements of his art . In the hands of Plato Gorgi- as is a driveller so despicable , that Socrates appears disgraced by a victory over him . It is however well known , that no such dialogue , as that , pub- lished ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Zväzok 1 John Quincy Adams Úplné zobrazenie - 1810 |
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