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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... things ; to offer up to God , their creator and preserver , the public tribute of their social adoration . In the fables of Greece and Egypt the impor tance of eloquence is attested by the belief , that the art of public speaking was of ...
... thing of real importance to the art has been derived , Aristotle , Cicero , and Quinc- tilian himself . Rhetoric , says Aristotle , is the power of inventing whatsoever is persuasive in discourse . } This is liable to two objections ...
... thing of their own upon the gener- al subject , exercised their subtlety to discrimin- ate , and their ingenuity to name the innumerable variety of forms , in which language may be divert- ed from the direct into the figurative channel ...
... things , must relate merely to speculative sub- jects . Here is no issue for trial , in which the life or fortune of an individual may be involved . no Trial reality Here is no vote to be taken , upon which 60 [ LECT . II . OBJECTIONS ...
... thing , are not admissible against its use . But we must proceed one step further , and say , that in this case the argument from the abuse is conclusive in fa- vor of the use . Since eloquence is in itself so powerful a weapon , and ...
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