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fembly. Thus the renowned tribunal of Areopagus at 
Athens confifted of at leaft fifty judges. h 
r, who was the proper judge both in civil and cri- 
J 
minal caufes, named for every caufe of moment, the “ Ju- 
ju 
ry. 
it fhould be duly confidered, that among us the founda- 
wyer’s reputation and fuccefs muft always be 
owled h 
» but by a kn ge oO 
which he is to plead in particular, he fhould be apprifed, 
that eloquence in pleading is of the higheft moment for 
eo. T s 
that gives fairer play to geniu 
advocate. For his en 
ing their interefts in the hands of a cold and unanimated 
{peaker. Neverthelefs, his earneftnefs and fenfibility muft 
not betray him into ind n, and fink him below that dig- 
nity of character, which it is of importance for every one 
in this profeffion to fupport. Above all, it fhould never 
be forgotten, that there is no inftrument of perfuafion more 
powerful than an opinion of probity and honour in the 
rfuade. opinion of pro- 
bity and honour muft therefore be carefully preferved, both 
by fome degree of delicacy in the choice of caufes, and 
L. XXV, 
In Rome, the 
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by the manner of condu@ing them. Dr. Blair has given 
an analyfis of Cicero’s oration «‘ Pro Cluentio,” which he 
recommends as an excellent example of managing at the 
ar a complex and intricate caufe, with order, elegance, and 
force. Ward’s Orat. vol.i. Blair’s Leé. vol ii, See 
Exocution of the Bar. 
A regular formal oration, or difcourfe, 
terms are fynonimous, confifts of the followin 
the exordium or introdudtion, the ftate and the divifi 
the fubje&, or the propofition, and enunciation of the 
ubject, narration or explication, the reafoning or argu- 
ments, the pathetic part, and the conclufion pr peroration. 
See each under its proper head. 
Oration, Funeral. See Funrrat and DemonstRa- 
TIVE. 
ORATO 
h 
fection, and recommend both himfelf and what he fays to 
their goed opinion and efteem. There are four qualities, 
fays Dr. Ward, more efpecially fuited to the chara@er o 
an orator, which fhould always appear in his difcourfes, in 
order to render what he fays acceptable to his hearers; and 
thefe are wifdom, integrity, benevolence, and modefly 
orator fhould likewife well confider the circumitances of 
ue 
generous fentiments, of warm feelings, and 
wn. A proper 
courage, and of modefty, muft alfo be ftudied by every 
defty is effential; it is always, and 
juftly, fuppofed to be a concomitant of merit ; and ev 
pearance o is winni poffefling. But modeity 
oO 
mplacency, but of firmnefs, 
which befpeaks a con{cioufnefs of his being thoroughly, per- 
fuaded of the truth, or juitice, of what he | elivers ; a 
circumftance of no {mall confequence for making impref- 
fions on thofe who hear. Next to moral qualifications, a 
nowledge is meft neceflary to an orator. 
thus intimating that he fhould have a liberal education, and 
be formed for his office by a regular ftudy of philofoph 
and the polite arts. Good fenfe and knowledge are, indeed, 
the foundation of good fpeaking. He who 1s to: plead at 
the bar muft make himfelf thoroughly mafter of the know- 
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