Both Uses of
oration
in
Leaves of Grass
- The most renown'd poems would be ashes, orations and plays would be vacuums.†
Chpt 15 *
- …to him, The teaching is to the teacher, and comes back most to him, The murder is to the murderer, and comes back most to him, The theft is to the thief, and comes back most to him, The love is to the lover, and comes back most to him, The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him—it cannot fail, The oration is to the orator, the acting is to the actor and actress not to the audience, And no man understands any greatness or goodness but his own, or the indication of his own.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(oration) giving a speech to an audience