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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... person , whose name is recorded in the volumes of history , their virtues and vices are so nearly balanced , that their station in the ranks of fame has never been precisely assigned , and their repu- tation , even after death ...
... persons , professing them ; and the difference between the rhetorician and the orator , is instantly perceived and distinctly conveyed , by the mere use of these respective appellations . This distinction it will be proper constantly to ...
... person of the speak- er , and denominate his system of oratory , the ora- tor .. The English language however has been less scrupulous in its adherence to the niceties of etymology . It has admitted the term oratory , which the Romans ...
... , or ought ever to be taught . A musician of taste and skill will habitually give to his voice , even in ordinary conversation , more melodious and variegated inflexions , than a person , ignorant LECT . I. ] 43 RHETORIC AND ORATORY .
... person , ignorant of his art ; yet this is no reason for him to modulate his voice in conversation by the scale of his gamut . It is unquestionably true , that those move easiest , who have learnt to dance ; but this is no reason for ...
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