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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... course , which was soon after published , at the unanimous request of the students ; and which is now prefixed to his lectures . The professor immediately after his induction entered on the duties of his office ; but , in conse- quence ...
... acquire the faculties of this mighty magician . Oratory was taught , as the occupation of a life . The course of instruction commenced with the infant in the cradle , and continued to the meridian of INAUGURAL ORATION . 19.
... course of my life has led me to witness the practice of this art in various forms , and though its theory has sometimes attracted my attention , yet my acquaintance with both has been of a general nature ; and I can presume neither to a ...
... course of lectures on sub- jects , which have not hitherto been treated , as sep- arate branches of instruction at this place , and which must in some sort bear the characters of novelty , it will be proper to take a general view of the ...
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