 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 381 pages
...worthiness. On this subject Daniel Webster well said : 28. Opinion of Webster on this Subject. — " When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | 1869 - 160 pages
...the highest points, or beginning with the most trivial climbs to the most important. Examples. — "When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 188 pages
...crash beneath his feet ! O, which way now is left for his retreat 1" TRUE ELOQUENCE.— Webster. (14.) When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...great interests are at stake, and strong passions are excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high, intellectual and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 528 pages
...the goodness .of the cause and the virtues of the people, which led him to overlook all obstacles. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...manly, and energetic ; and such the crisis required. 7. When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 382 pages
...all the omnipotence of words, And point the way to heaven—to God ! Ex. 144. True Eloquence. Curey. When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness,... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 395 pages
...and Pity send their prayer, And still Thy white-winged angels hover dimly in our air. TRUE ELOQUENCE. WHEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness,... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 384 pages
...Christianity, is the law of the land ! THE TRUE SECRET OF ORATORY.— WEBSTER. WHEN public bodies are to he addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870
...XXXII. I. 150. THE NATURE OF TRUE ELOQUENCE. ~Y~VT~HEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous VV occasions, when great interests are at stake, and...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments.' Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870
...government in carrying this benediction and baptism into fulfilment. H. Memn. cvn. TRUE ELOQUENCE. public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests arc at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 640 pages
...won him the title of the " Godlike Daniel." His life and speeches make several volumes. ELOQUENCE. WHEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
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When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force,... 
