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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... tion for a professorship of rhetoric and oratory in Harvard college . This sum was paid to the col- lege treasurer in February 1772 , by his executors , and was placed at interest , for the purpose express- ed by the donor . The ...
... tion to the public , in their present form . The multiplied stores , derived from extensive reading , the energies of a strong and discriminating mind , and the results of much experience and observa- tion , are therein exhibited . To ...
... tion to the mass of information and ingenious dis- cussion on his appropriate topic , those great and essential principles , on which the true dignity and beauty of the human character depend , will be found , on every fit occasion , to ...
... tion . Now the enthusiasm of their votaries has raised them to the pinnacle of greatness ; now a turn of the wheel has hurled them prostrate in the dust . Nor have these great and sudden revolu- tions always resulted from causes ...
... tion , to raise them up a deliverer , the want of ELOQUENCE was pleaded , by the chosen object of his ministry , as an argument of his incom- petency for the high commission , with which he was to be charged . To supply this deficiency ...
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