Word: rhetoricize
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"A clam may not be 'up to snuff' in modern rhetoric; he may be slow, but he is safe and sure.
"Nothing is studied for its own sake, but as it will be useful in making a practical man: thus rhetoric is cultivated, as each may be called upon to speak in the course of his life. ...Mathematics and sciences are pursued because they correspond to the utilitarian character of the...
Willis has never been a pussyfooter. He is dry in theory and practice, and a born leader of men. In this, his home town, in a room where he taught rhetoric and grammar, and where he inspired students as did Garfield at Hiram, Ohio, there was organized the Willis-for...
These prizes aggregating a total of $160, will be awarded on April 4. The competition is open to Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores for excellence in elocution. Competitors selections should be submitted to the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory not later than February 20. Assistant Professor Packard will register the...
So Am I. A devout but too-refined lady infected with medievalism is married to a rich banker. Finding in his library a copy of Boccaccio's stories made doubly suggestive by "piquant illustrations," she reads them greedily. This, as first act rhetoric has drilled the audience to expect, produces...