Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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Page 185
... important it is to seat his workers beside him on the platform while he is speaking . If anything , they are worse than your high - school seniors . Their conspicuous seat gratifies their desire to feel important in the eyes of others ...
... important it is to seat his workers beside him on the platform while he is speaking . If anything , they are worse than your high - school seniors . Their conspicuous seat gratifies their desire to feel important in the eyes of others ...
Page 211
... importance . Some of the main divisions are more important than others ; even among the smaller arguments , the details of evidence , the comparisons and illustrations , there are always some of more importance than others . It is the ...
... importance . Some of the main divisions are more important than others ; even among the smaller arguments , the details of evidence , the comparisons and illustrations , there are always some of more importance than others . It is the ...
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... important of them is early association . A child's vocabulary is almost wholly Saxon . He says , I have , not I possess — I wish , not I desire ; he does not reflect , he thinks ; he does not beg for amusement , but for play ; he calls ...
... important of them is early association . A child's vocabulary is almost wholly Saxon . He says , I have , not I possess — I wish , not I desire ; he does not reflect , he thinks ; he does not beg for amusement , but for play ; he calls ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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