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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... important to Americans, because the United States of America is looked upon as the pioneer country of the world in all matters pertaining to man's emancipation from the injustice of ages, and that young country is expected to blaze a ...
... important to Americans, because the United States of America is looked upon as the pioneer country of the world in all matters pertaining to man's emancipation from the injustice of ages, and that young country is expected to blaze a ...
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... importance . -WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE He who does not use a gift , loses it ; the man who does not use his voice or limbs , loses power over them , and becomes disqualified for the state of life to which he is called . -CARDINAL NEWMAN I ...
... importance . -WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE He who does not use a gift , loses it ; the man who does not use his voice or limbs , loses power over them , and becomes disqualified for the state of life to which he is called . -CARDINAL NEWMAN I ...
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... important point of the value of words according to their location , other examples follow . William H. Seward in his " Plea for the Union " uses this sentence : If the constellation is to be broken up , the stars , whether scattered ...
... important point of the value of words according to their location , other examples follow . William H. Seward in his " Plea for the Union " uses this sentence : If the constellation is to be broken up , the stars , whether scattered ...
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... important things by means of pictures. Writers of good prose, as well as poets, use the figure of speech for creating mental images by means of the written word, and the speaker who employs the spoken word for producing like results ...
... important things by means of pictures. Writers of good prose, as well as poets, use the figure of speech for creating mental images by means of the written word, and the speaker who employs the spoken word for producing like results ...
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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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