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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... justice ; there she found her child , Persuasion , manacled and pinioned by the letter of the law ; there she beheld an image of herself , stammering in barbarous Latin , and staggering under the lum- ber of a thousand volumes . Her ...
... justice , in vain should we listen to the debates of senates for strains of oratory , worthy of remem- brance , beyond the duration of the occasion , which called them forth . The art of embalming thought by oratory , like that of ...
... justice ; to defend the per- sons , the property , and the fame of your fellow citizens from the open assaults of violence , and the secret encroachments of fraud ? Fill the fountains of your eloquence from inexhaustible sources , that ...
... justice to you , to myself , and to the institution , under which I address you , I think a more ample consideration of its merits proper and necessary . Your time and your talents are precious , not only to your- selves , but to your ...
... justice among men , and feel it his obligation to maintain and protect the rights of those , who entrust their affairs to his charge , whether they are rights of person or of property ; whether public or private ; whether of civil or of ...
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