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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... interest of justice to confute the slanders of Helen, the memory of whose misfortunes has been kept alive by the writings of the poets and the fame of her name.” He ends his statement with this strong concluding series, “I propose ...
... interest of justice to confute the slanders of Helen, the memory of whose misfortunes has been kept alive by the writings of the poets and the fame of her name.” He ends his statement with this strong concluding series, “I propose ...
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... idea . The sentences are short , and while they may not be particularly beautiful , they are exceedingly strong . In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is this telling sentence : To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest [
... idea . The sentences are short , and while they may not be particularly beautiful , they are exceedingly strong . In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is this telling sentence : To strengthen , perpetuate , and extend this interest [
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... interest [ slavery ] was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it . The words " strengthen , perpetuate ...
... interest [ slavery ] was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it . The words " strengthen , perpetuate ...
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... interest, remain in the Union, it is our duty to ourselves and to posterity to—let us not too readily yield to this temptation—do so. Our first parents, the great progenitors of the human race, were not without a like temptation when in ...
... interest, remain in the Union, it is our duty to ourselves and to posterity to—let us not too readily yield to this temptation—do so. Our first parents, the great progenitors of the human race, were not without a like temptation when in ...
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... interest in the event; without being reminded how much it has affected our own fortunes and our own existence. It is more impossible for us, therefore, than for others, to contemplate with unaffected minds that interesting, I may say ...
... interest in the event; without being reminded how much it has affected our own fortunes and our own existence. It is more impossible for us, therefore, than for others, to contemplate with unaffected minds that interesting, I may say ...
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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