Charles Coppens 
Art of Oratorical Composition, Based Upon the Precepts and Models of the Old Masters 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. All a rhetorician’s rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. The author does not expect to please every taste – this is impossible; but he hopes to have written a useful work for the earnest student. If any be disposed to find fault with him for having given so little that is profess edly his own, he would answer them in these words of I Q. Adams’ Inaugural Oration at Harvard (vol. I. P. 28)