The American Debater: Being a Plain Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Public Debate ...S.C. Griggs & Company, 1860 - 360 páginas |
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... language of invective , but its par- ticular province is elaborate eulogy . Its appropriate times are the memorable anniversaries , the days of great public solemnity , the extraordinary occasions , * Pulpit eloquence is here excepted ...
... language of invective , but its par- ticular province is elaborate eulogy . Its appropriate times are the memorable anniversaries , the days of great public solemnity , the extraordinary occasions , * Pulpit eloquence is here excepted ...
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... language , finds in the mere presence of a numerous audience an overpowering cause of derange- ment in his ideas , and a consequent inability to deliver a connected discourse . This result is sometimes expe- rienced from the presence of ...
... language , finds in the mere presence of a numerous audience an overpowering cause of derange- ment in his ideas , and a consequent inability to deliver a connected discourse . This result is sometimes expe- rienced from the presence of ...
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... language strong enough to com- mend it to those who are ambitious to excel as de- baters ; for we are here only guarding people against the error of supposing that , because writing conduces , in the highest degree , to accuracy in ...
... language strong enough to com- mend it to those who are ambitious to excel as de- baters ; for we are here only guarding people against the error of supposing that , because writing conduces , in the highest degree , to accuracy in ...
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... language , is - Endeavor always to think clearly and methodically . Thinking and speaking , as before intimated , are things correlative . They stand in the relation of cause and effect . When , therefore , it is the settled habit of ...
... language , is - Endeavor always to think clearly and methodically . Thinking and speaking , as before intimated , are things correlative . They stand in the relation of cause and effect . When , therefore , it is the settled habit of ...
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... language . The result will be the measure of his proficiency in the art ; and , if rightly regarded , cannot fail , at every repetition of the exercise , to prove a healthful stimulus to renewed exertion . The second rule is - Be in the ...
... language . The result will be the measure of his proficiency in the art ; and , if rightly regarded , cannot fail , at every repetition of the exercise , to prove a healthful stimulus to renewed exertion . The second rule is - Be in the ...
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