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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Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes hollow and empty in
the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly decided upon until it has
been put to the test of the reader's mind . While , therefore , the idea is widely ...
Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes hollow and empty in
the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly decided upon until it has
been put to the test of the reader's mind . While , therefore , the idea is widely ...
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... 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 changed and the
weakness and emptiness of what may have seemed irrefutable arguments are
exposed .
... 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 changed and the
weakness and emptiness of what may have seemed irrefutable arguments are
exposed .
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... human mind , keeping its interest fresh even after centuries have passed .
These are the two extremes between which it is necessary to choose .
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THIS BOOK It may further be said that in many
cases the orator ...
... human mind , keeping its interest fresh even after centuries have passed .
These are the two extremes between which it is necessary to choose .
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THIS BOOK It may further be said that in many
cases the orator ...
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The Pension System The March of the Mind . The Evidence of Mr. O'Brien . 477
480 481 482 484 485 486 489 490 492 493 493 494 495 CONTENTS XV PAGB .
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Arraignment of.
The Pension System The March of the Mind . The Evidence of Mr. O'Brien . 477
480 481 482 484 485 486 489 490 492 493 493 494 495 CONTENTS XV PAGB .
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Arraignment of.
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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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