. A natural system of elocution and oratory : founded on an analysis of human constitution, considered in its three-fold nature--mental, physiological and expressional. of theemotional passages in the great poets has been theprincipal metfiod by which almost all the great ora-tors kindled and kept burning their oratorical fireOne of the most efficient methods of cultivating theemotions is to have perpetually on hand selections ofpoetry and prose which narrate the various of this description will be found in the chap-ter entitled Passion Transition. Another means ofcultivating
. A natural system of elocution and oratory : founded on an analysis of human constitution, considered in its three-fold nature--mental, physiological and expressional. of theemotional passages in the great poets has been theprincipal metfiod by which almost all the great ora-tors kindled and kept burning their oratorical fireOne of the most efficient methods of cultivating theemotions is to have perpetually on hand selections ofpoetry and prose which narrate the various of this description will be found in the chap-ter entitled Passion Transition. Another means ofcultivating the mental states is to be found in listen-ing to great actors and orators. A good play, faith-fully performed by skilful actors, is capable of deeplyexciting the passions. Great actors are generallythemselves affected by the passions which they express;hence by a natural law of sympathy, the same emotionswill be awakened in our hearts which burns in plays of Shakespeare are the best for the purposeof education. Every passion of the human mind findsexpression in the marvellous productions of Shakes-peare. In his vivid language there gleams the over-. George F. Cooke, one of the great-est tragedians of the eighteenth cen-tury, was born in Westminster, , 1756 ; died in New York City in1812. Edmund Kean, unsurpassed in trag-edy, was born in London, March 17,1790, died there, May 15, 1833. Edwin Forrest, one of the mostcelebrated of American actors, Avasborn at Philadelphia, March 9, December 12, 1872. John P. Kemble, famed for his ren-bering of Hamlet, was born in Lan-cashire, February, 1757 ; died inSwitzerland, February 26, 1823. Junius Brutus Booth, great in hisimpersonation of Richard III. ; bornin London, May 1, 1796 ; died in De-cember, 1852. William C. Macready, one of thefirst of dramatic actors, was born inLondon, March 3, 1793. David Garrick, the wonderful Lear, was born at Hereford, Eng- land, February 20, 1716: died Jan-uary 20, 1779. Thomas
Size: 1468px × 1702px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidnatura, booksubjectoratory
