Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 2 of 2 In the second place, We must take care never to counterfeit warmth without feeling it. This always betrays persons into an unnatural manner, which exposes them to ridicule. For, as I have often sug gested, to support the appearance without the real feeling of' passion, is one of the most difficult things in nature. The disguise can almost never, be so per fect, as not to be discovered. The heart can only answer to the heart. The great rule here, as indeed in every other case, is, to follow nature: never to attempt a strain of Eloquence which IS not seconded by our own genius. One may be a Speaker, both of much reputation and much influence, in the calm argumentative manner. To attain the pathetic, and the sublime of Oratory, requires those strong sensibi lities of mind, and that high power of expression, which are given to few. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.