04308nam 2200649Ia 450 991077914110332120230124183647.00-7914-7713-4(CKB)2550000000104501(EBL)3407501(SSID)ssj0000721446(PQKBManifestationID)11384238(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721446(PQKBWorkID)10687104(PQKB)10030077(MiAaPQ)EBC3407501(Au-PeEL)EBL3407501(CaPaEBR)ebr10575927(OCoLC)802049423(EXLCZ)99255000000010450120080416d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe passionate empiricist[electronic resource] the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science /Marlana PortolanoAlbany State University of New York Pressc20091 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7914-7699-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis""""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy""""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""EloquenceCase studiesSciencePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryScienceSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryScience and stateUnited StatesHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1815-1861United StatesIntellectual life1783-1865EloquenceSciencePolitical aspectsHistory.ScienceSocial aspectsHistory.Science and stateHistory.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.973.5/5092Portolano Marlana1519669MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779141103321The passionate empiricist3757907UNINA