Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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Page vii
... orators , dreamy - eyed pacifists , and unpatriotic teachers of the type of the Russian internationalists , have insidiously attacked and under- mined the patriotism of our citizens both young and old . The time has come to end such ...
... orators , dreamy - eyed pacifists , and unpatriotic teachers of the type of the Russian internationalists , have insidiously attacked and under- mined the patriotism of our citizens both young and old . The time has come to end such ...
Page viii
... orator , he is able to enter personally into the struggle . He weighs the interests that are at stake and trembles for the re- sult . As he reads speech after speech he discovers . that liberty is not a matter of course , but has been ...
... orator , he is able to enter personally into the struggle . He weighs the interests that are at stake and trembles for the re- sult . As he reads speech after speech he discovers . that liberty is not a matter of course , but has been ...
Page ix
... oratory unless they influence conduct . It is the duty of the orator , in the face of opposition , to induce men to adopt a new course of action . This is true even on those occasions when the rights and liberties of men are apparently ...
... oratory unless they influence conduct . It is the duty of the orator , in the face of opposition , to induce men to adopt a new course of action . This is true even on those occasions when the rights and liberties of men are apparently ...
Page x
... orator adapts his methods of appeal to his audience determines the force of his oratory . As a means of persuasion , argu- ment is to be reckoned with tone , with gesture , with allusion , and with all the various forms of connota- tion ...
... orator adapts his methods of appeal to his audience determines the force of his oratory . As a means of persuasion , argu- ment is to be reckoned with tone , with gesture , with allusion , and with all the various forms of connota- tion ...
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... orator when he rose to speak . The exact nature and force of the opposition , and whatever defines the audi- ence and gives it its character and sympathies , should also be clear . With this data at his disposal , the stu- dent will be ...
... orator when he rose to speak . The exact nature and force of the opposition , and whatever defines the audi- ence and gives it its character and sympathies , should also be clear . With this data at his disposal , the stu- dent will be ...
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