Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, 1 tomasHilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 psl. 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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... excellence of any example in the practice of oratory , than its apti- tude to persuasion . But as the object of a scien- tific definition is to comprise in the fewest words the whole substance of the term defined , and nothing more , it ...
... excellence of speech ; because none but an honest man can speak well . I shall on a future occasion examine impartially , and endeavor to ascertain precisely the true value of this opin- ion , which is so warmly advocated by all the ...
... excellence , But like a thrifty goddess , she determines Herself the glory of a creditor , Both thanks and use , more especially is the obligation of exerting every talent , of improving every faculty incumbent upon him , who undertakes ...
... excellence of the veteran army is exemplified in nothing more forci- bly , than in the perfection of its discipline . It is in the heat of action , upon the field of blood , that the fortune of the day may be decided by the ex- actness ...
... excellence and glory . From this powerful concurrence of philo- sophical speculation with historical proof , there are several important inferences , which ought to be pressed with peculiar energy upon the consideration of all youthful ...
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