A premise is something that is a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion. if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true Something to base an argument, theory, or undertaking on. The basis, or the idea being proposed or expounded.
In The Oath of the Horatii, the main message David wishes to communicate is that of men going to battle for the sake of loyalty, with possible sacrifice. There are several signs that allow the viewer to read this narrative, then further associate it with the ancient story from which the image was born.
By the time of Harry Truman's inauguration in 1949, the practice was for the Chief Justice to utter the oath in chunks, with the President-elect repeating those chunks, until the oath was completed. Many times the President-elect's name is added after the I; for example, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, do ...illiam R. King is the only executive official sworn into office on foreign soil. By special act of Congress, he was allowed to take his oath of the office of the Vice President on March 24, 1853 in Cuba, where he had gone because of his poor health.