The Making of an OrationA. C. McClurg & Company, 1913 - 419 pages |
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... action , a course of action , or a positive decision of the will . It should not be a subject " in the air , " or in the upper ether of an erratic imagination ; it should stand with its feet upon the solid ground of substantial thought ...
... action , a course of action , or a positive decision of the will . It should not be a subject " in the air , " or in the upper ether of an erratic imagination ; it should stand with its feet upon the solid ground of substantial thought ...
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... action , to hold him steadily to his chosen goal . The im- perative is a command , and as such is a bugle call to thrill and brace , and marshal to action the entire production . The object is really the test of all the orator's work ...
... action , to hold him steadily to his chosen goal . The im- perative is a command , and as such is a bugle call to thrill and brace , and marshal to action the entire production . The object is really the test of all the orator's work ...
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... action , you arouse at once his oppo- sition , and he mentally says : " Do it if you can , " and shuts his teeth hard in the determination not to be moved . Command him : " Do so and so , " and his pug- nacity makes him say to himself ...
... action , you arouse at once his oppo- sition , and he mentally says : " Do it if you can , " and shuts his teeth hard in the determination not to be moved . Command him : " Do so and so , " and his pug- nacity makes him say to himself ...
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... action . No more remarkable illustration of vast and exact learning , made available for oratorical purposes , can be found in the literature of eloquence than is furnished by some of the speeches of Edmund Burke , particularly those on ...
... action . No more remarkable illustration of vast and exact learning , made available for oratorical purposes , can be found in the literature of eloquence than is furnished by some of the speeches of Edmund Burke , particularly those on ...
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... action as an outcome of what has been presented in the body of the speech . The appeal to the will , however , in this degenerate age , may better saturate and pervade the speech from the beginning than come formally The Ordering of ...
... action as an outcome of what has been presented in the body of the speech . The appeal to the will , however , in this degenerate age , may better saturate and pervade the speech from the beginning than come formally The Ordering of ...
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Page 221 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 212 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death...
Page 147 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 90 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise. God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind.
Page 218 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 225 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 212 - Three millions of People, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 218 - I, therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 147 - Mr President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 224 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.