A classical voice for American science -- An American Cicero -- Toward a democratic science : institution-building and the statesman orator -- Increase and diffusion of knowledge : setting the stage for the Smithsonian debate -- Adams's arguments in the Smithsonian debate : a rhetorical analysis -- The queen of sciences and her democratic champion : Adams's promotion of astronomy -- Invention and discovery, rhetorically speaking
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index
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