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Man continually speaks or writes , reads or gives audience . Rhetoric deals with
all these universal and lifelong processes ; hence , its practical importance is
obvious and emphatic . This study , however , got its name from the one exercise
of ...
Man continually speaks or writes , reads or gives audience . Rhetoric deals with
all these universal and lifelong processes ; hence , its practical importance is
obvious and emphatic . This study , however , got its name from the one exercise
of ...
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Man may and should write correctly by habit and reflex action ; but none but the
inspired artist can give the happy stroke ; and to apply the rhetorical test requires
insight and reflection . Can we not thus account for the excessive amount of time
...
Man may and should write correctly by habit and reflex action ; but none but the
inspired artist can give the happy stroke ; and to apply the rhetorical test requires
insight and reflection . Can we not thus account for the excessive amount of time
...
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whole character and life are necessary to each fit word and sentence ; and to that
finer rhetorical stamp which gives them currency as universal as life . Milton said
that for him to write an epic poem required that he make his life an epic poem .
whole character and life are necessary to each fit word and sentence ; and to that
finer rhetorical stamp which gives them currency as universal as life . Milton said
that for him to write an epic poem required that he make his life an epic poem .
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Should he himself become the interesting topic , as when a famous man is called
upon to give an account of himself , the case is different ; for then he is the theme
of the discourse . But those who need to guard themselves most are least apt to ...
Should he himself become the interesting topic , as when a famous man is called
upon to give an account of himself , the case is different ; for then he is the theme
of the discourse . But those who need to guard themselves most are least apt to ...
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The urgency of the idea — the end , the effect , the purpose — must be the
informing power which orders and organizes every element of thought , and
gives harmony and color to every feature of style . Every discourse , like a plant or
an ...
The urgency of the idea — the end , the effect , the purpose — must be the
informing power which orders and organizes every element of thought , and
gives harmony and color to every feature of style . Every discourse , like a plant or
an ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Science of Discourse |
| Author | Arnold Tompkins |
| Publisher | The author, 1897 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 432 pages |
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