Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... William Jennings Bryan . His memory was almost as phe- nomenal as Macaulay's , and his rare gift of utterance enabled him to compose effectively before an audience . Again and again I have heard that Bryan never outlined a speech ...
... William Jennings Bryan . His memory was almost as phe- nomenal as Macaulay's , and his rare gift of utterance enabled him to compose effectively before an audience . Again and again I have heard that Bryan never outlined a speech ...
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... William Jennings Bryan may be accepted as the most emotional American speaker of this century . His language was ... Bryan's speeches , the place where the loftiest style is usually found , will reveal that roughly four - fifths of the ...
... William Jennings Bryan may be accepted as the most emotional American speaker of this century . His language was ... Bryan's speeches , the place where the loftiest style is usually found , will reveal that roughly four - fifths of the ...
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... William Curtis , for history and literature ; still others , as Bryan , for history and the Bible . Very largely it ... Jennings Bryan , II , New York , 1909 , page 7. From " Naboth's Vineyard . " 51 W. D. Scott , Psychology of Public ...
... William Curtis , for history and literature ; still others , as Bryan , for history and the Bible . Very largely it ... Jennings Bryan , II , New York , 1909 , page 7. From " Naboth's Vineyard . " 51 W. D. Scott , Psychology of Public ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
Copyright | |
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