The Art of Extempore Speaking; Or, the Principia of Pulpit And Platform Oratory
The Art of Extempore Speaking; Or, the Principia of Pulpit And Platform Oratory
Harold Ford
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Pitt states that he had assiduously followed this practice. At first he had often to stop for awhile before he could find the proper word ; but he found the difficulties gradually disappear, until what was a toil to him at first became at last an easy and familiar task.'* » The late Archbishop Magee, who enjoyed the distinction of being one of the greatest orators in the Anglican Church, writes to the same eflFect : ' Take a passage from some well-known classic author and render the passage int...o equivalent words^ so as to express the same idea. Thus you will acquire the power of choosing, of sub- stituting one word for another.' *John Bright,' wrote the late Lord Coleridge, * D. Moore, ' Thoughts on Preaching.' 38 The Art of Extempore Speaking *once told me that he knew very well what he had lost by not being acquainted with the classics, a fact which he constantly and frequently regretted, and tried to make up for by a careful study of the greatest English writers.' We are not all favoured with a know- ledge of the classics.
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