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44 It is from the, friendly, obfervations, the oral information, 
44 the frequent contentions -and the . •unreftrained cor regions, 
44 of a Ikilful companion,’ ihat a ftudent in oratory can derive * 
66 effential improvements writing alone can no more ; cortimu- - 
44 iiicate the art than itrcan fpeeah to the dumb. • r: - 
4 ‘ T hofe the refare ■ who educate their children for eminent 
V flat ions ill life, with thehope that- they-willt one -day render. 
46 themfelves confpicuous’ in, the Senate, the r Church or the. 
44 courts of Law and Juftice, without Laving them grounded-jin- 
44 the firft principles of eloquence; expeCt to reap where they > 
44 have not fown : they . m.uft in .alh.pjrph4hiUly*:be difjippoijit-i 
- ed.’V- h : 
— 44 There is fcarce a man of a moderate age and. capacity not 
44 born with feme invincible imperfection in the organs of 
44 fpeech., Jwho may not in, twelye months be' enabled to com- 
46 mumchte his thoughts j .with pleafure to his audience, and 
44 credit to himfelf ; or f(J to read the Liturgy ' as to excite 
44 Devotion in the moft lukewarm, and to confirm it by a na- 
44 tural, perfuafive and convincing manner of delivering the 
44 great and eflential truths of Religion; and how much this 
44 is to be wifhed is left to the opinion of all who have heard 
44 the difgufting -and unedifying manner in which the fineft 
44 compofitions are generally delivered in our public places of 
44 worfhip, and feen\ the awkward figures feme of our learned 
44 Senators make when* they attempt to fpeak in Parliament.”— 
— 44 We have hitherto treated only of the. moft obvious advan- 
44 tages arifing from the ftudy of eloquence. On a clofer 
“ view, 
