Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory
John Quincy Adams
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory

Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University - A History of Public Speaking

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Before becoming President of the United States, John Quincy Adams was a Harvard professor of language, rhetoric and oratory, with this book comprising his lectures. Published in 1810 when Quincy Adams was in his forties, this work is a collection which demonstrates the breadth of knowledge which he passed to students eager to learn about the arts of speaking. The early lectures cover the basic principles of oratory and eloquence in the context of public speaking, and the origins of rhetoric as a celebrated art form in ancient Greece and Rome. It is clear that the author possesses an intense kn...