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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... 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 quality of thought and mode of expression of each person dealt
with , there ...
... 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 quality of thought and mode of expression of each person dealt
with , there ...
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In making selections from the store at cơmmand the subject as well as the
manner needs to be carefully considered , matters of local or temporary character
losing their force and potency as time goes on , however effective they may have
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In making selections from the store at cơmmand the subject as well as the
manner needs to be carefully considered , matters of local or temporary character
losing their force and potency as time goes on , however effective they may have
...
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... historymaking epoch that produced the earliest outburst of American oratory ,
due to such masters of the art as Henry , Otis , Ames , Hamilton and their
contemporaries , and it is from this epoch , therefore , that our first selections are
drawn .
... historymaking epoch that produced the earliest outburst of American oratory ,
due to such masters of the art as Henry , Otis , Ames , Hamilton and their
contemporaries , and it is from this epoch , therefore , that our first selections are
drawn .
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THE SECRET OF MURDER [ As an example of Webster's forensic oratory we
offer a selection from his celebrated argument in the trial for murder of John K.
Knapp . In the passage given he soars far above the dry level of legal oratory ,
and ...
THE SECRET OF MURDER [ As an example of Webster's forensic oratory we
offer a selection from his celebrated argument in the trial for murder of John K.
Knapp . In the passage given he soars far above the dry level of legal oratory ,
and ...
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In selecting fronı his many speeches , however , we go back to that period after
the war , when the question of amnesty for the South was before Congress , and
give Schurz's eloquent and humane views upon this subject . The contrast which
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In selecting fronı his many speeches , however , we go back to that period after
the war , when the question of amnesty for the South was before Congress , and
give Schurz's eloquent and humane views upon this subject . The contrast which
...
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