The Forms of Public AddressGeorge Pierce Baker H. Holt, 1904 - 472 páginas |
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Página ix
... means to the end - winning a victory in an intercollegiate contest . It is , indeed , inevitable that as long as the present vogue of intercollegiate debating persists , college courses in debate cannot be wholly for training in ...
... means to the end - winning a victory in an intercollegiate contest . It is , indeed , inevitable that as long as the present vogue of intercollegiate debating persists , college courses in debate cannot be wholly for training in ...
Página x
... mean every kind of discussion , nor even every kind of debating ; it signifies a special kind of debating , guided by rules as definite as those of football , and determined in the same way by conference of the powers . It is becoming ...
... mean every kind of discussion , nor even every kind of debating ; it signifies a special kind of debating , guided by rules as definite as those of football , and determined in the same way by conference of the powers . It is becoming ...
Página xv
... means , however , not merely expressing it so that any literary critic who may read his words will declare it correctly and grace- fully phrased , but what we teachers of composition too often . forget , the greater part of persuasion ...
... means , however , not merely expressing it so that any literary critic who may read his words will declare it correctly and grace- fully phrased , but what we teachers of composition too often . forget , the greater part of persuasion ...
Página xvi
... means of ex- pression . Now , if all this be admitted , the first difficulty is that even students who have been roused to an interest in thinking for themselves and who have had a course in the elements of rhetoric , do not think ...
... means of ex- pression . Now , if all this be admitted , the first difficulty is that even students who have been roused to an interest in thinking for themselves and who have had a course in the elements of rhetoric , do not think ...
Página xviii
... means by which the speaker has adapted his material to his particular audience , -that is illustrated at every turn in these other forms of address . In brief , the chief differ- ence between the forensic and the non - forensic forms of ...
... means by which the speaker has adapted his material to his particular audience , -that is illustrated at every turn in these other forms of address . In brief , the chief differ- ence between the forensic and the non - forensic forms of ...
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Página 228 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 229 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Página 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Página 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 232 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government and to collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 239 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.