A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice And Gesture : Designed for ...
A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice And Gesture : Designed for ...
Merritt Caldwell
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Crreat excellence in oratory must doubtless have as a basis a well-balanced mind : — an intellect capa- ble of a full development, sensibiUties lively and suscep-- tible of powerful acticm, and the demei^ of a will ade* 9 Digitized by VjOOQIC «e MANUAL or BLQOITTIOlf. quate to the control and regulation of all the powers of the mind. The possession of these must be accompanied widi judicious and various exercise : the mind must be stored ■with knowledge, the reasonbg power improyed, the judg- m...ent matured and perfected, the powers of invention and memory strengthened, and &e imagination cultivated and chastened ; the original susceptibility of emotion must be kept alive and a good taste grafted thereon ; and the will must be trained to a perfect self-possession. If to these natural powers, thitt trained, we add a knowledge of human nature, a command of language, a sound body aod a good moral character, little can be wanting — bat the power of mechanical execution. The lessons of this chapter, it is believed, wiH have a tendency fiirther to dbctpline the voice, at the same time tiiat they improve the judgmei^ and chasten and oorreet ^ the taste.
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