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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To learn what the oration really contains , and what force it has as a pure
expression of human thought , it must be read and weighed by the mind of the
auditor when in a cool and critical state . Under such conditions the verdict is
often ...
To learn what the oration really contains , and what force it has as a pure
expression of human thought , it must be read and weighed by the mind of the
auditor when in a cool and critical state . Under such conditions the verdict is
often ...
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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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... 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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... 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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It labors under its guilty possession , and knows not what to do with it . The
human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant . It finds itself
preyed on by a torment , Paan JOHN C. CALHOUN Few Orators in American
History ...
It labors under its guilty possession , and knows not what to do with it . The
human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant . It finds itself
preyed on by a torment , Paan JOHN C. CALHOUN Few Orators in American
History ...
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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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