Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Elocution; Voice, Expression, Gesture: For Use in Colleges and Schools and by Private Students
Eloquence holds the first rank among the arts. Rome bor rowed her eloquence from Greece, as she did her other arts and learning, till victorious Rome was herself sub dued by Greece. Aristotle's definition of oratory was, The power of saying on every subject Whatever can be found to persuade; Phocian's, The power to express the most sense in the fewest words; Quintilian calls it The power of persuading. The ancients uncovered as Cicero approached, and cried, Behold the Orator!
While we award praise and glory to great musicians and painters, to great masters of sculpture and architecture, the prize of honor is decreed to great orators.
Art is the expression of the beautiful in ideas. It is also the beautiful in action. Poets are born; orators are made.
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