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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... 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 quality of thought and mode of expression of each person dealt with, there
...
... 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 quality of thought and mode of expression of each person dealt with, there
...
Page vi
In making selections from the store at command 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
...
In making selections from the store at command 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
...
Page 300
... this historymaking epoch that produced the earliest outburst of American
oratory, due to such masters of the art as Henry, Otis, Ames, Hamilton and their
contemporas ries, and it is from this epoch, therefore, that our first selections are
drawn.
... this historymaking epoch that produced the earliest outburst of American
oratory, due to such masters of the art as Henry, Otis, Ames, Hamilton and their
contemporas ries, 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
olfer 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
olfer 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 from 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 he ...
In selecting from 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 he ...
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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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