Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as Exemplified in Great Speeches of Famous Orators; a Manual for Teachers, Students and Public Speakers and for Use in High Schools and Colleges |
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The conditions favorable to its cultivation first claim attention . What state of
society is suited to its growth ? The answer to this question affords a starting -
point to our inquiries . All public speaking necessarily implies a person speaking ,
an ...
The conditions favorable to its cultivation first claim attention . What state of
society is suited to its growth ? The answer to this question affords a starting -
point to our inquiries . All public speaking necessarily implies a person speaking ,
an ...
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These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting ,
possibly , the sympathy or attention of the audience , which is the first thing to be
desired and secured . What we wish to cultivate is something good to talk about ,
2 ...
These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting ,
possibly , the sympathy or attention of the audience , which is the first thing to be
desired and secured . What we wish to cultivate is something good to talk about ,
2 ...
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Having said this much to explain the true basis of oratory , its necessity , utility ,
and importance , and the difficulty of excelling in it , we will now devote some
attention to its history . The ancient Greeks are generally conceded to have been
the ...
Having said this much to explain the true basis of oratory , its necessity , utility ,
and importance , and the difficulty of excelling in it , we will now devote some
attention to its history . The ancient Greeks are generally conceded to have been
the ...
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Schools of philosophy , methods of teaching , and forms of government engaged
the attention of their greatest minds . They had a keen appreciation of the true ,
the beautiful , and the good , carried as well into the science of language and ...
Schools of philosophy , methods of teaching , and forms of government engaged
the attention of their greatest minds . They had a keen appreciation of the true ,
the beautiful , and the good , carried as well into the science of language and ...
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This point is worthy of careful attention . A reply to a previous speech should be
exceptionally good , else it will injure rather than subserve the cause it is
intended to promote . If not , the first effort and the first speaker will receive
increased ...
This point is worthy of careful attention . A reply to a previous speech should be
exceptionally good , else it will injure rather than subserve the cause it is
intended to promote . If not , the first effort and the first speaker will receive
increased ...
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Seite 204 - Liberty first and Union afterwards, but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Seite 78 - Of these the false Achitophel was first: A name to all succeeding ages cursed. For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed the tenement of clay.
Seite 138 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Seite 117 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 203 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Seite 79 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Seite 102 - Do you imagine then, that it is the land tax act which raises your revenue? that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No ! surely no ! It is the love of the people ; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Seite 203 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...
Seite 117 - He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or...
Seite 208 - I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights and liberties he has subverted; whose properties he has destroyed; whose country he has laid waste and desolate. I impeach him in the name and by virtue of those eternal laws of justice which he has violated. I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life.
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| Titel | Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as Exemplified in Great Speeches of Famous Orators; a Manual for Teachers, Students and Public Speakers and for Use in High Schools and Colleges |
| Autor/in | John Goss |
| Verlag | S. Carson Company, 1891 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 1. Dez. 2007 |
| Länge | 260 Seiten |
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