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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... human character depend , will be found , on every fit occasion , to be forcibly incul- cated . Like his admired Milton , it was his con- stant aim to point out " the right path of a virtu- ous and noble education . " In concurrence with ...
... human species enjoys the exclusive and ines- timable privilege of progressive improvement , and is enabled to avail itself of the advantages of individual discovery . As the necessary adjunct and vehicle of reason , the faculty of ...
... human improvements , it was itself suscep- tible of improvement by industry and application , by observation and experience . Hence , wher- ever man has been found in a social state , and wherever he has been sensible of his dependence ...
... human powers , Eternal Wisdom had not seen fit to romove , another favored servant of the Most High was united in the exalted trust of deliverance , and specially appointed , for the purpose of declar- ing the divine will to the ...
... human pas- sions was enlisted in the cause of eloquence , and eloquence in return was the most effectual aux- iliary to the passion . In proportion to the won- ders , she achieved , was the eagerness to acquire the faculties of this ...
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