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... oration , and one thousand an immortal poem . No ; men have made great speeches in single sentences , long or short ; and good sentences , yea , speeches out of single words . You remember this : " We have met the enemy and they are ...
... oration , and one thousand an immortal poem . No ; men have made great speeches in single sentences , long or short ; and good sentences , yea , speeches out of single words . You remember this : " We have met the enemy and they are ...
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... oration and at the same time condemn its effect on the audience . In fact , the efficient and fascinating means may be the very instruments for beguiling unwary auditors into the acceptance of vicious theories and the adoption of an ...
... oration and at the same time condemn its effect on the audience . In fact , the efficient and fascinating means may be the very instruments for beguiling unwary auditors into the acceptance of vicious theories and the adoption of an ...
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... oration . CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS . From the foregoing the prime condition of effective- ness is obvious at once as , The Author or the Interpreter Himself . - No one can write beyond himself , — produce an effect deeper , truer ...
... oration . CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS . From the foregoing the prime condition of effective- ness is obvious at once as , The Author or the Interpreter Himself . - No one can write beyond himself , — produce an effect deeper , truer ...
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... orator ; for in his " Institutes of Oratory " he treats comprehensively the whole sub- ject of education , emphasizing continually that the orator is first a wise and virtuous man . As he keeps the man back of the orator , so must the ...
... orator ; for in his " Institutes of Oratory " he treats comprehensively the whole sub- ject of education , emphasizing continually that the orator is first a wise and virtuous man . As he keeps the man back of the orator , so must the ...
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... orator is the good man skilled in speaking " ; and skill itself is the man's speaking . In further descrip- tion of the orator Quintilian speaks of him as " a man who , being possessed of the highest natural genius , stores his mind ...
... orator is the good man skilled in speaking " ; and skill itself is the man's speaking . In further descrip- tion of the orator Quintilian speaks of him as " a man who , being possessed of the highest natural genius , stores his mind ...
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