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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... success , in securing the fixed and habitual attention of his auditors , was complete . It will be found that they were not excited with . out an adequate and interesting object . In addi- tion to the mass of information and ingenious ...
... success . In vain should we enter the halls of 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 ...
... success the only criterion of eloquence . Persuasion must in a great measure depend upon the will , the temper , and the dispo- sition of the hearer . If the adder will turn away his ear , what persuasion is there in the voice of the ...
... success of the cause . The diamond in the mine is no brighter , than the pebble upon the beach . From the hand of the lapidary must it . learn to sparkle in the solar beam , and to glitter in the imperial crown . The crowd of clients ...
... placed him , to solicit the alliance of the Athenians . His eloquence was admired at Athens no less , than in his own city . It secured a successful issue to his mission ; and some of 11 LECT . III . ] 81 ORIGIN OF ORATORY .
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