Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Band 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 Seiten 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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... relation between the cause and its effect ; and in the progress of our discussion we shall have fre- quent occasion separately and distinctly to exam- ine as well the principles of the rhetorician , as 34 [ LECT . I. GENERAL VIEW OF LECT ...
... relation be- tween these faculties , has treated of them in two distinct works ; and unfolded their mysteries with all the energies of his profound , comprehensive , and discriminating genius . Equally proper and necessary will it be to ...
... relations with one anoth- er , whether of a public or private nature . By the art or science of speaking well , it is not intended to give rules for a system of private conversation in the domestic intercourse of a family , or in the ...
... relations and employments of domestic life , to our friends , by the intercourse of more intimate socie- ty and mutual good offices , so we live to our L. thes country and to mankind in general , by LECT . I. ] 45 RHETORIC AND ORATORY .
... relations of life ; and pointed out the inducements , which recom- mend its cultivation to the lawyer and the divine . These considerations have their weight in all civilized countries , føvored with the light of the a / gospel , and ...
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