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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... in almost any other field of human art . From this fact we can but conclude that
the necessary equipment for the higher type of oratory demands far more than
mere readiness in speech , grace in gesture , and fluent command of language .
... in almost any other field of human art . From this fact we can but conclude that
the necessary equipment for the higher type of oratory demands far more than
mere readiness in speech , grace in gesture , and fluent command of language .
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Aside from the endeavor here indicated , it is the purpose of the editor of this work
to offer examples of oratory selected from the choicest orations on record in every
field ; chosen alike from the stars of the first magnitude in this art and those ...
Aside from the endeavor here indicated , it is the purpose of the editor of this work
to offer examples of oratory selected from the choicest orations on record in every
field ; chosen alike from the stars of the first magnitude in this art and those ...
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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 , such as those of the parliamentary
chamber , the political rostrum , the bar , the pulpit , the lecture platform and the
social ...
It need scarcely be said that oratorical efforts of the finest quality exist in several
of the leading fields of human thought , such as those of the parliamentary
chamber , the political rostrum , the bar , the pulpit , the lecture platform and the
social ...
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LEADERS IN THE LECTURE FIELD . Joseph Story The Destiny of the Indian
Hasty Work is ' Prentice Work Sergeant S. Prentiss The Pilgrims Wendell Phillips
John Brown and Liberty Clear Vision versus Education Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man ...
LEADERS IN THE LECTURE FIELD . Joseph Story The Destiny of the Indian
Hasty Work is ' Prentice Work Sergeant S. Prentiss The Pilgrims Wendell Phillips
John Brown and Liberty Clear Vision versus Education Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man ...
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The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia , which position he
also declined . During the exciting events of 1798 and 1799 he once more
entered the political field , made his final public address , and was elected to the
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The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia , which position he
also declined . During the exciting events of 1798 and 1799 he once more
entered the political field , made his final public address , and was elected to the
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