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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RATORY is , in its essential elements , the oldest of the arts , for it is one that
requires , for its ordinary exercise , no other equipment than fluency of speech
and some degree of self - confidence on the part of the speaker . It has , therefore
...
RATORY is , in its essential elements , the oldest of the arts , for it is one that
requires , for its ordinary exercise , no other equipment than fluency of speech
and some degree of self - confidence on the part of the speaker . It has , therefore
...
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No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
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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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SPEAKERS ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS 356 Chauncey M. Depew The New
Netherlands Our English Visitors Liberty Enlightening the World Whitelaw Reid
The Press - Right or Wrong Edward Everett Hale New England Culture James
Russell ...
SPEAKERS ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS 356 Chauncey M. Depew The New
Netherlands Our English Visitors Liberty Enlightening the World Whitelaw Reid
The Press - Right or Wrong Edward Everett Hale New England Culture James
Russell ...
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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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