However‚ there were other faithful Russians that claimed that Trotsky’s influence was crucial to creating political change. An example of this is in Source 78‚ with the use of “He was the idol of mass meetings in Petrograd...Trotsky was one of the best orators of the Revolution. He spoke everywhere with amazing brilliance and had the ability to popularise even difficult ideas with great skill”‚ showing Trotsky’s influence over the whole country‚ leading to political change. Evaluation of the source shows
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are overlooked. The value of courage lies not in the act itself‚ but in the motivations and values behind it. Simple being brave does not constitute courage. If an act is performed that has no thought behind‚ it loses its value. In the words of orator and lawyer Robert Green Ingersoll‚ "Courage without conscience is a wild beast." One should give some thought to an action before acting upon it. Without thought‚ or "conscience"‚ the action can be untimely and uncontrolled as would a "wild beast
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Carthage‚ still had to rely on his allies to keep him in power. A delegate was sent to Rome to answer a question regarding whether Hannibal had acted on his own or had the approval of the Carthaginian senate. The delegate‚ according to Livy‚ was the best orator in Carthage. He quickly quashed the argument regarding the border of Hasdrubal because the Carthaginian council had not been part of the talks. Furthermore‚ he argued that the Romans had broken the treaty after the First War by invading Sardinia;
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used rhetorical questions such as‚ “May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen?” to give his audience the impression of the huge despair they are in. Churchill managed to use a couple of metaphor as‚ “storm of war” which resembles a normal storm to be war. Another example is “grip of the Gestapo” where the Gestapo were Hitler’s secret police and they captured anyone who was against Hitler so this metaphor resembles
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children‚ should have more space to be wrong‚ accordingly to possibilities of creating something new. Being developed in the 19th century‚ the education system is focused on providing the requirements for a job in the industry and academic ability. The orator points out that the hierarchy of subjects around the world is the same: first comes math and languages‚ followed by humanities and concluded by the arts‚ especially music and art‚ after that drama and dance. In Robinson’s opinion this is the right
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2. The Seneca orator known as Red Jacket‚ for the red jacket the British Awarded to him for his services as a message runner during the Revolutionary War and Benjamin Franklin both made very valid point in their speeches. The Indians had a very peaceful way of life. They had their own governing and civility system and they taught their young the way of their ancestors‚ never taking what “The Great Spirit” (pg 230) gave them for granted. They always welcomed strangers; giving them clothes‚ shelter
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Through Aeschines’ verbal attack over Timarchus‚ we can question why Aeschines defended the city and its rules and laws against Aeschines’ claims. Were Aeschines’ claims fake or false? Through the attic oratory‚ we can understand why and how the attic orators performed their jobs‚ and most probably‚ they performed it on behalf of some sort of wealthy and notable people‚ for example‚ one
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etcetera‚ by similar‚ if not entirely identical‚ desires. That being said‚ of all of the speeches found in the Symposium‚ Augustine would connect most deeply to that of Alcibiades. Alcibiades is depicted as a prominent Athenian statesman‚ a successful orator‚ and a well accomplished military general. On top of such admirable prestige‚ he is also quite physically handsome. With this knowledge in mind‚ he seeks to seduce Socrates into a lover-beloved relationship in which he is willing to allow Socrates
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Clas 121 Day 5 Is it possible to empathize with a character that has done the unthinkable? Characters who do the unthinkable usually lack moral and ethic sense. It is very difficult to empathize for someone of that nature because they have only stricken negative feelings in the audience. Because of their lack of right and wrong that makes them do the unthinkable‚ it is not possible to empathize for the character. The fact that it is unthinkable means that it will come as a shock and the audience
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for they are the pursuits and the activities proper to mankind. Battista Guarino‚ Italian humanist educator‚ On the Method of Teaching and Learning‚ 1459 Document 3 The courtier should be passably learned in the humanities‚ in the Latin poets‚ orators‚ and historians‚ and should also be practiced in writing verse and prose‚ especially in our own vernacular. In this way he will never want for pleasant entertainment with the ladies‚ who are usually fond of such things and even if his writings should
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