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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... observation and experience . Hence , wher- ever man has been found in a social state , and wherever he has been sensible of his dependence upon a supreme disposer of events , the value and the power of public speaking , if not univer ...
... observation , that , when the first great object of their joint mission was accomplished , and the sacred system of laws and polity for the emancipated nation was delivered by the voice of heaven from the holy mountain , the same ELO ...
... Observe It has also the sanction of holy writ . the force of the expressions , used in the solemn in- terview between the supreme Creator and " That shepherd , who first taught the chosen seed , " In the beginning , how the heavens and ...
... observations , which I shall now submit to you , it is my intention to suggest the peculiar utility of the art , in the situation of this country , and adapt- ed to the circumstances , which may probably call upon many of you for its ...
... ; and the art of dis- playing a column , or directing a charge , may turn the balance of victory and change the history of the world . The application of these observations is as LECT . I. ] 61 ELOQUENCE CONSIDERED .
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