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Excerpt from The Art of Oratory: System of Delsarte, From the French of M. L'abbe Delaumosne and Mme. Angelique Arnaud; With an Essay on the Attributes of Reason (Classic Reprint)Orators, you are called to the ministry of speech. You have fixed your choice upon the pulpit, the bar, the tri bune or the stage. You will become one day, preacher, advocate, lecturer or actor; in short, you desire to em brace the orator's career. I applaud your design. You will enter upon the noblest and most glorious of voca tions. Eloquence holds the first rank among the arts 7 While we award praise and glory to great musicians and painters, to great masters of sculpture and architecture, the prize of honor is decreed to great orators. |