The Science and Art of Elocution and Oratory

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Excerpt from The Science and Art of Elocution and Oratory: Containing Specimens of the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, the Stage, the Legislative Hall, and the Battle-Field, In Three Parts, Part I. Theoretic and Scientific, Part II. Rhetorical, Classical and Poetical, Part III. Comical and MusicalReading and speaking are arts - great, noble, intricate arts. The mind plays upon nature's organs, but science must tune them and consequently the speaker gives tones and expression to thought, corresponding with the amount and quality of ih struction.My friends, you are charmed with elegant speaking or read ing. You devoutly desire such accomplishments. Come, then, arouse your energies, open this book, and acquire a treasure more noble, more enduring, than the Wealth of Golconda or California - the treasure of cultivated thought, emotion, and speech. Thought is an immortal action of mind, but confined to the individual being, speaking is thought with a momen~ turn, a noble, philanthropic action, that, like the sun, scatters its beams of light broadcast, to cheer and bless mankind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.