Ralph Curtis Ringwalt

Modern American Oratory: Seven Representative Orations Ralph Curtis Ringwalt

The purpose of this volume is to present concisely the general principles underlying the theory of oratory, and to illustrate these principles by orations drawn from the work of the most prominent public speakers in the United States in the past thirty years. In choosing the orations a threefold object has been kept in view. The aim has been to select: (i) such speeches as were interesting, valuable, and notable productions in themselves; (2) those which were typical of the kind of oratory they are intended to represent; and (3) those which were representative of the best work of the men who delivered them. Each oration is printed without any abridgment. The book is intended to serve as a manual for students of oratory, and to furnish precept and illustrative matter for classes in argumentation and oral discussion. R, Civ. Columbia University, May 4, 1898.
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