Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page vi
... nature involved in the whole scene . The very postures , also , of the orator are displayed . But , however well any article may be written , and how- ever well any speech may be reported , there is a charm in the spoken word , in the ...
... nature involved in the whole scene . The very postures , also , of the orator are displayed . But , however well any article may be written , and how- ever well any speech may be reported , there is a charm in the spoken word , in the ...
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... nature , our greatest ad- versary , I presume I should have to admit that perhaps the difference is only one of degree , and that the sermon resembles all oratory , and that , in being more sober and using fewer arts , it in that very ...
... nature , our greatest ad- versary , I presume I should have to admit that perhaps the difference is only one of degree , and that the sermon resembles all oratory , and that , in being more sober and using fewer arts , it in that very ...
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... natural that courses of lectures on subjects aside from theological inquiry should find their way . In Boston , as early as the year 1825 , Dr. Jacob Bigelow announced a course of lec- tures on botany . Dr. Bigelow was already known to ...
... natural that courses of lectures on subjects aside from theological inquiry should find their way . In Boston , as early as the year 1825 , Dr. Jacob Bigelow announced a course of lec- tures on botany . Dr. Bigelow was already known to ...
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... Natural Philosophy . " The Boston Lyceum was organized on the same plan . The Mechanics ' Association fell rapidly into the same line ; the Historical Society came with its courses , so that for several winters it would have been ...
... Natural Philosophy . " The Boston Lyceum was organized on the same plan . The Mechanics ' Association fell rapidly into the same line ; the Historical Society came with its courses , so that for several winters it would have been ...
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... natural forces , but who dis- cussed political principles , and that without hindrance . Such names as those of Wendell Phillips , Theodore Parker , and Mr. Garrison , and names of speakers on temperance and other lines of philanthropic ...
... natural forces , but who dis- cussed political principles , and that without hindrance . Such names as those of Wendell Phillips , Theodore Parker , and Mr. Garrison , and names of speakers on temperance and other lines of philanthropic ...
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