Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Volumul 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 pagini 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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... future period ; and to give , under that head , a detailed analysis of the productions of the most distinguished orators , ancient and modern . However the author may have regretted , that these lectures were thus destined to appear ...
... future life to minister in the temples of Almighty God , to be the messenger of heaven upon earth , to en- lighten with the torch of eternal truth the path of your fellow - mortals to brighter worlds ? Remem- ber the reason , assigned ...
... future ages on the rolls of fame , as her ornament and pride ? Let him catch from the relics of ancient oratory those unresisted powers , which mould the mind of man to the will of the speaker , and yield the guidance of a nation to the ...
... future occasion examine impartially , and endeavor to ascertain precisely the true value of this opin- ion , which is so warmly advocated by all the great orators of antiquity . At present I shall only re- mark , that admitting the ...
... future lives . In the state of society , which exists among us , 30me professional occupation is , to almost every man in the community , the requisition of necessi- ty , as well as of duty . None of us liveth to him- self ; and as we ...
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