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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... words following ; to wit , " lectures ou rhetoric and oratory , delivered to the classes of " senior and junior sophisters in Harvard university , by JOHN " QUINCY ADAMS , LL.D. late Boylston professor of rhetoric and " oratory . In two ...
... of performing signs and wonders to authenticate his mission , and command obedience to his words . The appropriate instrument to appal the heart of the tyrant upon his throne , and to control the 16 INAUGURAL ORATION .
... words the whole substance of the term defined , and nothing more , it must be allowed , that those of Aristotle and Cicero are not absolutely unex- ceptionable . The definition , adopted by Quinctilian from some former writer , whom he ...
... words the whole compass of the subject . You can imagine no species of rhetori- cal excellence , which would not be included in the idea , and the idea involves nothing beyond the boundaries of the art . It is full without 38 [ LECT . I ...
... words of Quinctilian are ratified by the voice of heaven . His approbation of another definition , which includes in the idea of rhetoric the art of thinking , together with that of speaking well , is not warrant- ed by the same ...
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