. Practical speaking, as taught in Yale college. im to do less justice to the mejown composition than they deserve. Especially^in good taste and free from exaggeration or prjwriter apt to fail in giving an earnestness or elfery correspondent to the actual importance oifinest thoughts. It must be remembered that el<livery does not depend primarily upon a rhetoricalstyle. Though the contrary opinion is often entertained, it isyet a mistaken notion, and one of exceedingly injurious conse-quences. On the contrary, the very highest degree of eloquencein delivery, absolutely requires that the lan
. Practical speaking, as taught in Yale college. im to do less justice to the mejown composition than they deserve. Especially^in good taste and free from exaggeration or prjwriter apt to fail in giving an earnestness or elfery correspondent to the actual importance oifinest thoughts. It must be remembered that el<livery does not depend primarily upon a rhetoricalstyle. Though the contrary opinion is often entertained, it isyet a mistaken notion, and one of exceedingly injurious conse-quences. On the contrary, the very highest degree of eloquencein delivery, absolutely requires that the language uttered beplain and simple. It will be sufficient to refer to the Bible, toShakespeare, and to Demosthenes, Chatham, Grattan and Pat-rick Henry. The practical direction, therefore, must be for thestudent to render full justice to the actual ideas which he haswritten, although the language in which they are expressed,may not of itself excite his enthusiasm. More particularly letthis be done in all cases in which the imagination is appealed. 432 ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. to. There will be no danger of rant or bombast, provided thatideas are spoken, and not mere words. Rant and bombast arethe expression, not only of want of thought, but also of want ofreal imagination. Another suggestion is often found to be of great are apt to feel that it will not be safe or proper, to ex-press with force or enthusiasm, ideas which are not absolutelynew. Here again is a mistake. The true question is notwhether an idea is new, but whether it is important and inter-esting. Sometimes indeed the interest is partly or whollythat of novelty, but ideas of the deepest interest, appeal to uni-versal human nature, and ought not to be wholly new. It is agreat error to attempt to depend solely on novelty for , at best, the interest of mere novelty is apt to be of aninferior kind. In short, the writer and speaker must take forgranted, that what deeply interests him, will cer
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