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Oratory And Orators

William Mathews

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Description:Excerpt from Oratory and Orators In saying that his object in writing this book has been to aid in awakening a fresh interest in oratory in this country, the author will probably provoke a smile from his readers. "What!" he hears some one exclaim, "have we not an excess of public speakers already? Does not Carlyle declare that 'silence is the eternal duty of man, ' and that 'England and America are going to nothing but wind and tongue?'" In reply, we would say that we have no wish to let loose a fresh troop of shallow declaimers upon the country; on the contrary, we feel intensely the social misery which a single declaimer, with a powerful memory, leathern lungs, and a fluent tongue, may inflict on the public. The Roman poet, Horace, speaks of one Novius, an office-holder at Rome, - a tribune, - who was elevated to the station he held, chiefly by the force of his lungs. "Has he not a voice," demanded his supporters, "loud enough to drown the noise of two hundred waggons and three funerals meeting in the forum? It is this that pleases us, and we have therefore made him tribune." We fear that more than one office-holder owes his seat to a similar qualification. But shall we, therefore conclude that the study of oratory as an art should be discouraged? The very reverse, we think, is the just conclusion.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Oratory And Orators. To get started finding Oratory And Orators, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Oratory and Orators In saying that his object in writing this book has been to aid in awakening a fresh interest in oratory in this country, the author will probably provoke a smile from his readers. "What!" he hears some one exclaim, "have we not an excess of public speakers already? Does not Carlyle declare that 'silence is the eternal duty of man, ' and that 'England and America are going to nothing but wind and tongue?'" In reply, we would say that we have no wish to let loose a fresh troop of shallow declaimers upon the country; on the contrary, we feel intensely the social misery which a single declaimer, with a powerful memory, leathern lungs, and a fluent tongue, may inflict on the public. The Roman poet, Horace, speaks of one Novius, an office-holder at Rome, - a tribune, - who was elevated to the station he held, chiefly by the force of his lungs. "Has he not a voice," demanded his supporters, "loud enough to drown the noise of two hundred waggons and three funerals meeting in the forum? It is this that pleases us, and we have therefore made him tribune." We fear that more than one office-holder owes his seat to a similar qualification. But shall we, therefore conclude that the study of oratory as an art should be discouraged? The very reverse, we think, is the just conclusion.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Oratory And Orators. To get started finding Oratory And Orators, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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