Show psychology OF ORATORY I 1 A paper written aten by R albeser find rend read the teachers rs organization to foi I 1 special lk Ilc bearch earch work ladies and gentleman follow teachers achors te fiam tile the of it our purposes lot us in consider cuni idor oratory to ho be one of the highest fornis of composition coin position not because it requires a i compilation of ideas ti to lo lie 10 made in tile the inest effective iu tun annor but alto that it demands it a proper delivery of tile the baino all composition pursues some ampre ceable end hence liuo i right method allu thod ih to be 10 that ahk end CIO may run lc reached A cuizio to with out end eli ell cin lit adly lo ile 10 d since it list lio ho without connection without in caning recognize conle method even eion in iu adno Z alio ile throe great civis of finans intellectual I tillei orv 1 l inay iday be 10 ably considered I 1 red with the bering defining nIng tile HIB three ends of eoin pus I 1 rion to bo be explicit addres add bess s is h any lorn form of disco tirso which lucli appeals to tile of in man inin in the essay esay does docs ill chiet work in tile depatti rient of tile in telle ct all ith it conall conc conclusions ll onh ire or file jim tho plein hr Fla brinka ingi inKa from tin tho motions emotion s and nets upon on thefil poetry lieving leavin readied reached iti ita bichest nd when lion iiren tire moved to a list appicci ap preci littion tit it Its beauty and i oratory when clothed in fit power when pos cd of KM its truo true benoric cha character oves nion to notion fiction it po vo liole holc binds hini to it purpose an and linn to a anil por lr noble pui it becomes it noble po wo r As an I 1 have said there are dopart depart fuents of colli position strikingly charach htiu in though is as lit id nil fill essential find lifo kivitis pro pio dubis tile balolo lilies of division 1110 not tit lit till til thues li bo straight or boil till illiad thu tho niini I 1 arf s much n dud aided in nil lilt of things 6 1 recognize rec cicconi s ng features or 01 alto i pula p lo ula laks tile sl hulls hides of finally on oil coin crinnion nion ground yio unil tal their departure prose alio ai is the tinder Ac riding loo otry wh ch revels in th ali or maksion paK sion and nicil oratory attack ilif tho the cholo inan gathered und find uttered li ii constitute in view iov of tile effect ii Klit tho three great roat fornis of e coin 11 II vo position ii tion tile lo laical ical order of eor responds to tho lie natural aidor ader of thi lillue wo we float seo M ajen feel not oratory in its ita erht first 18 inon ciely CI ely allied to ill th thu 0 ofil tio tha alian n to ti tile thoughts find hence liia ims followed quickly upon poetry tin the powers to lifter after truth annu feel fed th elein uro fire latest to dovolou duvo dov lup tan stream of lifo life mayn ono one great writer i doon nut not run flow us its wo we advance the powers of mind it to grasp alio llio lie most mosi profound emotional like morning stars aro are latent to appe aral vo ve the th horizon and in it tile fullest discipline of thi the human mind anfrid wo scein s to return to tile order first presented in which adell n delicately broadly bio blo adly profoundly apprel app rehon ion sivo mo intellect stands tt lit tho the threshold ol of guinan guillan faculties facilities I 1 oratory differs from choso hoso fortus forms ol of I 1 havo have distinguished cl it nar prose io and poetry it in its end its relation ind its ni entis it an hut nedi ito ato effect by which in ill soula way to to tiido ov or govern action ali A that nir ottil tat which results lit in action is ia completed in volition oratory niina aarns to aal oct the jill ill fly by truo true oratory the whole soul boul is thrown into a single current setting toward effort this ile bo coining moro more protracted and thorough it in ai to the deep find and inclusive cliar acter of tho the dired desir cd end when tho the energies of our whole nature with till nil its fundamental moral and religious forces are to ho bo aroused can call till the highest lii acht oratory lie called forth tile philosopher tile the are ab tile tho ono ollo liy fly his tho other ba b liis his conception from all other things and considerations any other than alit ni matter in liand hand is ia out of place alien to tile idea and to tile mind occupied with ith it tile tho thought is governed liy by ith own logical relations tho the emotion arises with its it own sympathetic connections on tile other liand hand tho the orator considers con sidera not inor atho tho intrinsic power of tho theme theine than its relation to those whose action lie he proposes apropo CH to influence his 1118 effort is s tile alio coni complex plex product of interior and ex CX elerior forces force not tile tho peaceful product of tile alio interior alone A poem n ii i i tile tho metrical utter utterance anca of emotion philosophical pro pr iea logical loy ical statement of thought while oratory is just and impassioned persuasion tho legit legitimate imato influencing of tho the will through both theo understand ing and the feelings if ither either is lacking if the passion is irrational or the reason unimpassioned there is no elo eio fience tile tho leading divisions of oratory arise froin diversity of ends tho the orator i acks to secure action under certain principles of human conduct ito ile does not originate originator inato impulses but ill the relation ieh tin of lines of eff ortto to tho the native I 1 ini impulses pulses of tho lilt mind tile tho person per is impelled by desire tile alio akar presents pre hents tile object and opens the way through tigh which the gratification licati fi oll of these desires may come coine tile tho chief original which supply the impelling in power ower in human fiction action are light aud lA rIe asure ensure tile the niril stands alone the others ar arc a in ter tile sense henso of right is in ill all men ell still ale find and original and enters into the competition cot petition or of motives with ita is own native natho force it is in tho the 0 berof dor of mans constitution the only fri independent dependent always just always arese prese it impulse and theroso p o it iaone aone can rightly rigl itly order tho the whole flold of altion and give that vigor and thiu that proportion of ill abich may iw bo jilt j from Iio iii Hab flom pt science of mind allind I 1 talco tako aliis thought the omo tiona which directly ustain and enforce continued on thild page psychology OF ORATORY continued floell hist paye page tho right aro an antecedent of obligation lind subs subsequent to tho lie ac tien ilia fv eling of approval or guilt ailt of and ren remorse jorse indirectly tit alif affections nl ako 0 o strong strengthen then tho right as tl they I 1 py themselves 4 aro nouris bcd 1 by it these Jl icso tire are ind and arise in ill full fill dorco only in connection will virt virtue lio once present they tr only animate ill the igind iiii nil and read friuli r its titan bons eons and cheerful ful enforce virtue by tho enjoyments enjoy ments which they bring lift alo rove relice love bellevo lence pity gratitude indignation scorn 11 according ec to tho character and condi tion diun of tho perron peron per on drawing thein forth any or till nil of these inny be called forth according to tho condition character or of tile person or bicum atances sought to ho be influenced alicy bo culled forth us its thu the grounds ol 01 notion action interest and pleasure present ir pont motives of notion action of another class or according its n s they aro rn ni bained iiii bcd within or pa ii 4 4 beyond tile alio lin limiti litt assi ened them by morality aoth interest and plent uro rt tojI tilt and Eions out om appetites aro i tho alio inoke flinto inloes of pleasure and benco tho obvious incentives tit ti nution action von voll will ill obero that I 1 tin ain endeavoring to to call your attention directly to choso wo we possess which us its to accio actio it ano like likewise I 1 still also finking attempt to show what illo tives or thero powers to net act to tin OIL will through oratory now our appetites tire aro not ax or of diw iotis to roi lovo of truth and or of beauty ar ospon bially of this tin s order these influences of tile mind liko like anic tito furnish a di 11 motivo to action again tile im passions are to bo d stin aro fn tho the in ill that they havo reference rofo refe ronco renco to self de disiro ilc isthan is state of mind which socks to aping about E other that eliat now present tile ilio mind is not in different to the things liichi which lii cli aarold lit is tilrow thrown by klicin into a or of desire de thera aro are also passions directly aroused ly by tile clation of objects tl 0 desiro such aro joy sorrow hope fear n grot and kindled feeling Alo motives tives ris rising ifill from tile dr dc siro or the passi passions immediately dependent ur ill it them are anro those of interest and front from ono one of tile three i of if f lie action tion liht light pleasure plea pleas suro tirol or interest must motives bo taken tho the form of eloquence is clearly that which searches ilia human heart for its deepest lilo motives tives ID rest alting in tile tho broadest bron bro doht idest and endmost most vau halll i 10 lo ric action tion judged front from this standpoint it i is s to bo be observed that chavora tory which acts on oil 00 moral impulses F ind seeks to clinage character cliar acter i idof of the type hero tho end to to lit be attained the transforming of tho the whole man illan tho ilia of nil all action by tile law or of right is tile most inclusive no burlo purpose 0 o ein can bo be jinro pro anund alinn this the impulses to which tile tho orator must trust are phoso of con science I 1 and the tile holiest hollest portions of if our nature in ili the s of tho work and tile weight of tile motive no per persuasion can surpass that enforces virtue herein oratory linds finds its field for operation it inest v pe 0 elect lect from resources resource that which shall hall ic bo to it it a means of present success oratory recognizes that man lias has lilt an in divi ina life complete in itself 1111 that tile fulena fu llna of that lifo is most strictly dependent on mans social connections man alono alone j hn i n savage one of a n community of it a state or of n cit ch blied nation lia hn becomes civilized the influence of man over man is not only ad mis tilis sililo it is inevitable not only inevitable but tho very condition and law or of n ais s vr progress oress and among till the many fornia fonni 0 of r I 1 influence which men elci egeit t upon each ther nono none is ismaro anoro pot potent ent in it its iti i result than persuasion only I 1 1 by accepting tile the law of virtue ns its the it lino i lie and limit of if influence liti even can alo orator respect liis his own nature 1111 kiklis glit is is or 1 should be 10 alo rule of f ili hi trual and macial life oratory relying on oil tile free of tile the mind re fering all its motives to it its approval ni nii and I adoli adoption tion I 1 annot neglect 11 the very laws law of though t and arnth underlying its ats fiction should wo we now take tho the low ground t bat success gives ki ves license to 0 evera de tf and tha ol 01 oratory itol y as till an art rt asks only what ean can lie bo done tho orator wo 0 o hid find tit nt tho alio last that right is is low law of it ks KS in biow tile antu a toly ani rs rh closely closi ly as 14 you on nn inny f out oin tho very e pin pinnacles acles of alo tl 0 a salol of deoit till icil you will no now litlo liero ground lvery ahoi ltv vilo o ditl t orathy Oll to llo bo C 1 ly by 0 o un III iiii oily td tho orator inest avail hini self of agnor I 1 ince desort acs ics ort to ti Illis nesri ro lew 11 tation excite or cherish excessive ci hsio emotions 1 I it kiino ii t on oil oratory ilia regard its h opell oiin to u it till and tomis or of tn cloi koo is H fill virttie is IH ali lt or of kiil and voi lifo it in tit the mitor and there roro it is tw the law ln of f oratory ornton orn toi As A I 1 havo ln already said in tile 0 tile work aik oik and antl tit alic weight pin lit or of tile motives ino tius it no c it thal liick i vit ikuo tuo the moral nature in lio lie btty which it m lit in our tu to god aives ivan tiso no to ro enli ligion klon and girtue beco nici iol 1 ol 01 iness mess jill gioi iii law cannot fail ir if rightly n kaill app ro lie to extell itself to lo and awa nu okin lell le iuli Kion ligion and tile filets of in their turn cannot fid fail to throw about all motil detles du titis tiow now ballet ity and to inelo ingnor obligation obligations in their tin i r natural dependener depend d enec cioni tile tho chief obligation bublik that of to god continued next week |