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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Back of these accomplishments must rest superior powers of thought , logical
consistency in reasoning , quickness and brilliancy of conception , control of
rhetorical expedients , and much of what is known as personal magnetism , iv
THE ...
Back of these accomplishments must rest superior powers of thought , logical
consistency in reasoning , quickness and brilliancy of conception , control of
rhetorical expedients , and much of what is known as personal magnetism , iv
THE ...
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The orator should have the art of the poet as well as the force of the reasoner , be
capable of clothing his thoughts in a ... attraction of which the voice and person
are capable , and all the powers of thought with which the intellect is furnished .
The orator should have the art of the poet as well as the force of the reasoner , be
capable of clothing his thoughts in a ... attraction of which the voice and person
are capable , and all the powers of thought with which the intellect is furnished .
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There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality
and merit of the thought expressed , and the effect of delivery — the speaker's
powers of elocution and the magnetic influence of voice and personality . The
latter ...
There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality
and merit of the thought expressed , and the effect of delivery — the speaker's
powers of elocution and the magnetic influence of voice and personality . The
latter ...
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vi THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORATORY decision of his own intellect , taken
captive by the personal powers of the speaker . To learn what the oration really
contains , and what force it has as a pure expression of human thought , it must
be ...
vi THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORATORY decision of his own intellect , taken
captive by the personal powers of the speaker . To learn what the oration really
contains , and what force it has as a pure expression of human thought , it must
be ...
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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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| 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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