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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... moral qualities of an orator LECT . XVI . Excitation and management of the passions 343 367 LECT . XVII . Disposition . Exordium 391 LECT . XVIII . Narration . 411 AN INAUGURAL ORATION , DELIVERED AT THE AUTHOR'S INSTALLATION , X.
... moral or intellectual merits of many a person , whose name is recorded in the volumes of history , their virtues and vices are so nearly balanced , that their station in the ranks of fame has never been precisely assigned , and their ...
... Moral duties were inculcated , because none but a good man could be an orator . Wisdom , learning , virtue herself , were estimated by their subserviency to the pur- poses of eloquence , and the whole duty of man consisted in making ...
... moral character of the speaker , as well as the excellence of speech ; because none but an honest man can speak well . I shall on a future occasion examine impartially , and endeavor to ascertain precisely the true value of this opin ...
... moral character of our pro- fession . The first assault then , which we are called upon to repel , comes from the shaft of wit ; al- ways a formidable , but not always a fair antag- onist . A poet of real genius and original humor , in ...
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