Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Volumen1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 páginas 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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... ought to be applied , and the end , which it is destined to answer . The peculiar and highest characteristic , which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal creation , is REASON . • JIt It is by INAUGURAL ORATION . 13.
... REASON we par- ticipate of the divine nature itself . Formed of clay , and compounded of dust , we are , in the scale of creation , little higher than the clod of the valley ; endowed with reason , we are little lower than the angels ...
... reason , To rust in us , unus'd . " A faculty thus elevated , given us for so sub- lime a purpose , and destined to an end so excel- lent , was not intended by the supreme Creator to be buried in the grave of neglect . As the source of ...
... reasons to attest ; a name , less distin- guished by stations of splendor , than by deeds of virtue ; and better known to this people by bless- ings enjoyed , than by favors granted ; a name , in fine , which , if not encircled ' with ...
... the path of your fellow - mortals to brighter worlds ? Remem- ber the reason , assigned for the appointment of Aaron to that ministry , which you purpose to as- 1 " sume upon yourself . I KNOW , THAT HE INAUGURAL ORATION . 29.
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