LEADER 04308nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910779141103321 005 20230124183647.0 010 $a0-7914-7713-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104501 035 $a(EBL)3407501 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721446 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11384238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721446 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687104 035 $a(PQKB)10030077 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407501 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575927 035 $a(OCoLC)802049423 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104501 100 $a20080416d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe passionate empiricist$b[electronic resource] $ethe eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science /$fMarlana Portolano 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7914-7699-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 606 $aEloquence$vCase studies 606 $aScience$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aScience and state$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y1783-1865 615 0$aEloquence 615 0$aScience$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 676 $a973.5/5092 700 $aPortolano$b Marlana$01519669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779141103321 996 $aThe passionate empiricist$93757907 997 $aUNINA