Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great Epochs Or Books |
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When thus read , apart from the personal influence of the orator and with cool
and judicial mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become
pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly ...
When thus read , apart from the personal influence of the orator and with cool
and judicial mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become
pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly ...
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK In the present work an effort has been made to
do justice to the orator , as far as possible , from both points of view . While
carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in
evidence of ...
THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK In the present work an effort has been made to
do justice to the orator , as far as possible , from both points of view . While
carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in
evidence of ...
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It need scarcely be said that oratorical efforts of the finest quality exist in several
of the leading fields of human thought ... cases the orator owes his fame largely to
some one supreme effort , some grand display of his powers which throws all ...
It need scarcely be said that oratorical efforts of the finest quality exist in several
of the leading fields of human thought ... cases the orator owes his fame largely to
some one supreme effort , some grand display of his powers which throws all ...
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... their special powers , and the history of their achievements would not have '
stirred the world It is the same with oratory as with other branches of human effort
, its great triumphs have been dependent upon great exigencies in human affairs
.
... their special powers , and the history of their achievements would not have '
stirred the world It is the same with oratory as with other branches of human effort
, its great triumphs have been dependent upon great exigencies in human affairs
.
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Its scene is the Assembly hall of the House of Burgesses of Virginia , its date the
year 1765 , its occasion the effort of the King and Parliament of England to tax the
American colonies without their consent . The Burgesses had met in protest and ...
Its scene is the Assembly hall of the House of Burgesses of Virginia , its date the
year 1765 , its occasion the effort of the King and Parliament of England to tax the
American colonies without their consent . The Burgesses had met in protest and ...
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| Title | Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great ... |
| Author | Charles Morris |
| Published | 1902 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2014 |
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