Collectanea Oratoria, or the Academic Orator

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Excerpt from Collectanea Oratoria, or the Academic Orator: Consisting of a Diversity of Oratorical Selections, Appertaining to Every Class of Public Orations, Appositely Arranged, and Calculated for the Use of Schools and AcademiesThe most capable judges among the ancients have re. Presented this branch of oratory, as the principal concern in the province of an 'orator, and that from attention to which he is chie¿y to expect sticccss in'theoratorical a'rt. When Cicero, under the person of Crassus, has largely 'and elegantly discoursed ofall'the other p'arts'of oratory, coming atlast to speak of this, he. Says, All - the for. Mer have their effect according as they are pronounced. It is action alone that governs in public speaking, with. Out Which the best orator is of no value, and is often dc. Feated by one, in other respects, much his inferior. And he lets' us know, that Dcm'osthene's'was of the same opinion. W ho, when he was asked, 'what was the prin.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.