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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... voice,” “use expressive language,” “mean what you say,” etc., will be given; but in their place will be found directions as to how to gain a good voice, how to acquire the power of explaining by the tones of the voice the meaning of the ...
... voice,” “use expressive language,” “mean what you say,” etc., will be given; but in their place will be found directions as to how to gain a good voice, how to acquire the power of explaining by the tones of the voice the meaning of the ...
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... voice. An article may be printed in a paper having a circulation running into the hundreds of thousands, and yet the article will be read by only a small percentage of those into whose hands the paper falls; and out of this percentage a ...
... voice. An article may be printed in a paper having a circulation running into the hundreds of thousands, and yet the article will be read by only a small percentage of those into whose hands the paper falls; and out of this percentage a ...
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... voice is entirely neglected and considered of no 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 ...
... voice is entirely neglected and considered of no 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 ...
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... voice is like an orchestra . It ranges high , intermediate or low , unconsciously to him who uses it , and men listen , unaware that they have been bewitched out of their weariness by the charms of a voice not artificial , but made by ...
... voice is like an orchestra . It ranges high , intermediate or low , unconsciously to him who uses it , and men listen , unaware that they have been bewitched out of their weariness by the charms of a voice not artificial , but made by ...
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... in order that it may sound well. Literature is to be read, oratory is to be spoken; consequently words intended to be spoken must be arranged in such a manner as to make them more effective when uttered by the living voice than.
... in order that it may sound well. Literature is to be read, oratory is to be spoken; consequently words intended to be spoken must be arranged in such a manner as to make them more effective when uttered by the living voice than.
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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