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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... whole subject , belonging to the pro- fessorship , had not been discussed . These lec- tures however comprehend what , in his estima- tion , belongs to rhetoric ; and contain the theory of his branch . The practical part , or what ...
... whole duty of man consisted in making himself an accomplished pub , lic speaker . With the dissolution of Roman liberty , and the decline of Roman taste , the reputation and the excellency of the oratorical art fell alike into decay ...
... proportionably the consideration of the world , un- til , instead of comprising the whole system of pub- lic education , she found herself excluded from the xt P b speaking Today - haven't come fan . INAUGURAL ORATION . 21.
... whole nation have long had , and still have many reasons to attest ; a name , less distin- guished by stations of splendor , than by deeds of virtue ; and better known to this people by bless- ings enjoyed , than by favors granted ; a ...
... whole paradise of science , and learn to distil from your lips all the honies of per- suasion . Consecrate , above all , the faculties of your life to the cause of truth , of freedom , and of humanity . So shall your country ever ...
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