How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public SpeakingGood Press, 2019 M12 24 - 302 pages This is a genuine twentieth-century self-help/teach-yourself book. It was written in 1913 and sets out to provide the reader with the tools to make him or her a more eloquent, persuasive and confident public speaker. |
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... contrasts ( single , double , and triple ) , the conditional , the negative , the positive , and , in fact , all the known forms of arranging words so as to make them best express the ... contrast, “For it is equally wrong and stupid to.
... contrasts ( single , double , and triple ) , the conditional , the negative , the positive , and , in fact , all the known forms of arranging words so as to make them best express the ... contrast, “For it is equally wrong and stupid to.
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... contrast, “For it is equally wrong and stupid to censure what is commendable, and to commend what is censurable.” After this clear reasoning comes another statement: “Now I conceive it to be my duty in the interest of justice to confute ...
... contrast, “For it is equally wrong and stupid to censure what is commendable, and to commend what is censurable.” After this clear reasoning comes another statement: “Now I conceive it to be my duty in the interest of justice to confute ...
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... contrast , " It came into him , life ; it went out from him , truth . " This is followed by a triple contrast , “ It came to him , short - lived actions ; it went out from him , immortal thoughts . " Then comes another double contrast ...
... contrast , " It came into him , life ; it went out from him , truth . " This is followed by a triple contrast , “ It came to him , short - lived actions ; it went out from him , immortal thoughts . " Then comes another double contrast ...
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... contrast is brought out regarding the acts of the insurgents and the claims of the Government . One of the most expressive and best constructed sentences in English literature is the following from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address : The ...
... contrast is brought out regarding the acts of the insurgents and the claims of the Government . One of the most expressive and best constructed sentences in English literature is the following from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address : The ...
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... contrast , separated to allow the use of a parenthetical phrase which amplifies the statement , and the end is a picture drawn with a few words " because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat . ” William H ...
... contrast , separated to allow the use of a parenthetical phrase which amplifies the statement , and the end is a picture drawn with a few words " because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat . ” William H ...
Contents
oratorical training as given in the Lawrence School of New York Finally | |
properly put the meaning into words by aid of inflection emphasis | |
CHAPTER I | |
finance labor religion conservation of natural resources and civic | |
CHAPTER VII | |
would appear scant room for another but as they all treat mainly of | |
CHAPTER X | |
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