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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... defeat . On the other hand the arts and sciences , at the hour of their highest exaltation , have been often reproached and insulted by those , on whom they i had bestowed their choicest favors , and most cruelly 12 INAUGURAL ORATION .
... hand of the lapidary must it . learn to sparkle in the solar beam , and to glitter in the imperial crown . The crowd of clients , the profits of practice , and the honors of repu- tation , will all inevitably fly to him , who is known ...
... hand . If rhetoric be no more than the Babylonish dialect of the schools , if ora- tory be no more than the sounding emptiness of the scholar , they are at least not those dangerous and destructive engines , which pollute the fountains ...
... hand . It rankles in your side , and you look in vain for the archer . Wit is the unjust judge , who often decides wrong ; and even when right , often from a wrong motive . From his decisions however , after paying the forfeit , there ...
... hands for future use . Their object is not barely to prepare you for the composition and delivery of an oration to amuse an idle hour on some public anniversary . It is to give you a clue for the labyrinth of legislation in the public ...
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