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Accordingly Aristotle assembly audience belong better century character Charles Sumner clear commemorative discourse common composition conviction Cotton Mather course cultivation Daniel Webster definite deliberative demonstrative oratory demonstrative speech diction discussion division effective element eloquence eulo eulogistic eulogy event Everett example exposition EXPOSITORY ADDRESS faculty follow force G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS George William Curtis Greek hearers Hellenic honor illustrated important Increase Mather instruction interest Isocrates judicial lecture less listener literary literature Lysias ment methods mind multitude nation nature ness object occasion occasional address occasional orator panegyric perspicuity persuasion political praise present processes public address public speech purpose qualities quence Quintilian reason Rufus Choate sense sentiment sion sometimes speaker speaking spirit statement strong style suggestion taste theme things thought tion tive topic treatment truth uttered Washington Webster Wendell Phillips words worth writer