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Fix this textAUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE.
Fix this textNo. 11.
Fix this textFEBRUARY, 1838.
Fix this textVOL 1.
Fix this textBRITISH ORATORY.
Fix this textOf all the acquirements which can adorn and exalt a man, eloquence
Fix this textis the most difficult—the most sublime—the most powerful—and the
Fix this textmost interesting. A person, by attention and experience, can render
Fix this texthimself intimately acquainted with literature and science; but nothing
Fix this textsave innate genius can cause one to become an accomplished orator.
Fix this textNeither study, instruction, nor experience, can give a single individual
Fix this textthe fascinating power of captivating the attention of his hearers, and
Fix this textmaking their sentiments accord with his own. An orator, when de-
Fix this textlivering his opinions with ease, with energy, and with elegance, is
Fix this textelevated far above the rest of his fellow-creatures. He is, at that
Fix this textmoment (as it were), a being of a superior kind, and is invariably
Fix this textlooked upon by admiring thousands with feelings of respect and
Fix this textveneration. He is the champion of his country’s rights—the director
Fix this textof her counsels—the determined enemy of oppression—and the friend
Fix this textand protector of independence. In a state whose commerce has de-
Fix this textgenerated—whose bravery has vanished—whose virtue has become
Fix this textcorrupted—and whose power has been dwindling into insignificance,
Fix this textthrough the pernicious influence of luxury and wealth—he is the man
Fix this texton whom the people alone can depend “to stem the torrent of the
Fix this textdownward age.” He is the man to whom, of all others, the helm of
Fix this textstate can alone be entrusted with confidence and safety. In an infant
Fix this textColony, just emerging from insignificance, and rising into wealth,
Fix this textpower, and importance, he is the person who is to maintain the liber-
Fix this textties of his fellow-subjects.
Fix this textMany and talented writers have given us their ideas of the force of
Fix this texteloquence, and the nations wdiich boast of the most illustrious orators.
Fix this textIt is asserted that Greece can pride herself in her Demosthenes, and
Fix this textRome, in her Cicero and her Csesar; while the nations of modern times
Fix this textcan claim the honor of having given birth to none save speakers of
Fix this textinferior abilities. ’Tis true that the grandeur of thought and exag-
Fix this textgerated language of ancient times is now no longer heard ; but we
Fix this textunhesitatingly assert, that sentiments have been expressed by some of
Fix this textour British statesmen in language in no way inferior to the purest
Fix this textmodels of antiquity. History has already enumerated, along with
Fix this textthat of Cicero and Demosthenes, the names of Chatham, Pitt, Burke,
Fix this textbox, Sheridan, and the lamented Canning. The last of these, as
Fix this text.NO. II. —vol. i. G
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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