Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography
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" H. M. B. , Aug. , 1870.
The prophecy has scarcely been fulfilled; but it is true that from myearliest days I have had an inborn love of oratory. The witchery ofwords, powerful enough on the printed page, is to me ten times morepowerful when it is reinforced by voice and glance and gesture. Finerhetoric and lofty declamation have always stirred my blood; and yet Isuppose that Demosthenes was right, and that, though rhetoric anddeclamation are good, still the most valuable asset for a public sp...eakeris a complete identification with the majority of his countrymen, intheir prejudices, their likings, and their hatreds.
If Oratory signifies the power of speaking without premeditation, Gladstone stands in a class by himself, far above all the publicspeakers whom I have ever heard. The records of his speaking at Eton andOxford, and the reports of his earliest performances in Parliament, alike give proof that he had, as Coleridge said of Pitt, "a prematureand unnatural dexterity in the combination of words"; and this developedinto "a power of pouring forth, with endless facility, perfectlymodulated sentences of perfectly chosen language, which as far surpassedthe reach of a normal intellect as the feats of an acrobat exceed thecapacities of a normal body.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" H. M. B. , Aug. , 1870.
The prophecy has scarcely been fulfilled; but it is true that from myearliest days I have had an inborn love of oratory. The witchery ofwords, powerful enough on the printed page, is to me ten times morepowerful when it is reinforced by voice and glance and gesture. Finerhetoric and lofty declamation have always stirred my blood; and yet Isuppose that Demosthenes was right, and that, though rhetoric anddeclamation are good, still the most valuable asset for a public sp...eakeris a complete identification with the majority of his countrymen, intheir prejudices, their likings, and their hatreds.
If Oratory signifies the power of speaking without premeditation, Gladstone stands in a class by himself, far above all the publicspeakers whom I have ever heard. The records of his speaking at Eton andOxford, and the reports of his earliest performances in Parliament, alike give proof that he had, as Coleridge said of Pitt, "a prematureand unnatural dexterity in the combination of words"; and this developedinto "a power of pouring forth, with endless facility, perfectlymodulated sentences of perfectly chosen language, which as far surpassedthe reach of a normal intellect as the feats of an acrobat exceed thecapacities of a normal body.
What to read after Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Russell, George William Erskine, 1853-1919 to read onlineMoreLess
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