The book Occasional Address: Its Compostion And Literature was written by author Sears, Lorenzo, 1838-1916 Here you can read free online of Occasional Address: Its Compostion And Literature book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Occasional Address: Its Compostion And Literature a good or bad book?
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In what does elegance of composi- tion consist? His answer will place it, chiefly, in a general elevation of tone comporting with the dignity of public address upon a topic which Blevation of /^ / ^ toneindit- will of necessity itself be dignified course. , . . , • * , by reason of the occasion and of the character of the audience. Unconsciously he will give a corresponding elevation to all that is uttered. Not in stilted and bombastic phrase, but with such sustained diction as exalted Digitize...d by Google Elegance i6i sentiments require. It is in this adaptation of words and sentences to thoughts that ele- gance must primarily consist. Without such harmony of correspondence an oration might become a vulgar harangue. Furthermore, this fitness of diction to dignified thought must pervade the entire discourse in all its variety of expression, the humorous as well as the pathetic portions, the narrative as well as the argumentative. It will be like the elegance of a costly house, in its foundation and its walls, in its appointments and its adornments.
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