Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 11114 pages |
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... nature has put in every man's power ? Or , can anything impart such exquisite pleas- ure to the ear and to the intellect as a speech in which the wisdom and dignity of the sentiments are heightened by the utmost force and beauty of ...
... nature has put in every man's power ? Or , can anything impart such exquisite pleas- ure to the ear and to the intellect as a speech in which the wisdom and dignity of the sentiments are heightened by the utmost force and beauty of ...
Page 9305
... nature that the orator , in fact , as has been said of the poet , nascitur non fit ; while the reverse of the case is nearer the truth — orator fit , non nascitur . I am far from denying that some men by nature are better fitted than ...
... nature that the orator , in fact , as has been said of the poet , nascitur non fit ; while the reverse of the case is nearer the truth — orator fit , non nascitur . I am far from denying that some men by nature are better fitted than ...
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... nature some special aptitude for his vocation . " Lord Chesterfield was , I think , guilty of exaggeration when he maintained that a good speaker is as much a mechanic as a good shoemaker , and that the two trades are equally to be ...
... nature some special aptitude for his vocation . " Lord Chesterfield was , I think , guilty of exaggeration when he maintained that a good speaker is as much a mechanic as a good shoemaker , and that the two trades are equally to be ...
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... Natural genius is but the soil , which let alone , runs to weeds . If it is to bear fruit and harvests worth reaping , no matter how good the soil is , it must be ploughed and tilled with incessant care . " The heights by great men ...
... Natural genius is but the soil , which let alone , runs to weeds . If it is to bear fruit and harvests worth reaping , no matter how good the soil is , it must be ploughed and tilled with incessant care . " The heights by great men ...
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... natural eloquence . It is the reverse : It is neither natural nor eloquent . ' " " If public men in every grade ... nature teaches only on rare occasions . " We cannot value too highly these opinions of Lord Brougham . The eloquence ...
... natural eloquence . It is the reverse : It is neither natural nor eloquent . ' " " If public men in every grade ... nature teaches only on rare occasions . " We cannot value too highly these opinions of Lord Brougham . The eloquence ...
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