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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... sired . A subject , which has exhausted the genius of Aristotle , Cicero , and Quinctilian , can neither require nor admit much additional illustration . To select , combine , and apply their precepts , 28 INAUGURAL ORATION ,
... under which I ap- pear , has been superadded to them , by embracing a part of their duties , a preliminary consideration requires , that we should ascertain precisely what is the 5 General view of rhetoric and oratory.
... requires , that we should ascertain precisely what is the compass and extent of this art , and where are the lines , by which it is separated from the study of language in general , without which it cannot exist at all ; and from the ...
... requires the exertion of the most exalted intellectual powers ; and it is by pub logic lic speaking alone , that they can be exerted . For the knowledge of the law the learning of t the closet may suffice ; for its application to the ...
... requires at least as large a share of credulity to believe in the accuracy of the modern systems , as in the fidelity of the ancient tales . For my own part I find it as hard to credit , that there never was such a city as Troy , as ...
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