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Excerpt from The Art of Oratorical Composition, Based Upon the Precepts and Models of the Old Masters In this treatise on oratorical composition it has been the author's aim to present the student with the wisest precepts of the most authoritative writers. Among the ancients Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian are his principal guides; among modern works he has freely consulted the Ars Dicendi of Rev. Jos. Kleutgen, S. J.; the Guide du Jeune Littérateur of Rev. Jos. Broeckaert, S. J.; the Grammar of Eloquence of Rev. M. Barry, and the Sacred Eloquence of Rev. Thomas J. Potter, both of All-Hallows', Dublin; the Lectures on Eloquence and Oratory delivered by our great American statesman, John Quincy Adams, when Boylston professor in Harvard University; the Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres of Rev. Hugh Blair, D.D., of Edinburgh University; besides a multitude of treatises, reviews, etc., which have furnished abundant matter. In general the author has preferred to let others speak in his stead whenever it could well be done. He has endeavored to illustrate the precepts by numerous extracts from the best productions of ancient and modern orators. The entire treatise is the growth of many years of teaching. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.