Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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Page 134
... reason we may try to believe a thing which our sense of reason tells us is correct , then proceed to do the op- posite because of the subconscious pull . It is a well - known dictum that : He that's convinced against his will Is of the ...
... reason we may try to believe a thing which our sense of reason tells us is correct , then proceed to do the op- posite because of the subconscious pull . It is a well - known dictum that : He that's convinced against his will Is of the ...
Page 140
... reason . Rea- son , in other words , is the instrument for solving our problems , for satisfying our desires , for climbing upward toward the higher values of life . Argument ( which is simply reason set forth in print or speech ) ...
... reason . Rea- son , in other words , is the instrument for solving our problems , for satisfying our desires , for climbing upward toward the higher values of life . Argument ( which is simply reason set forth in print or speech ) ...
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... reason " without touching human wants will be ineffective . But the purist of reason will demand : “ Do you mean to ad- vocate that we lower ourselves by appealing to sordid desires of the flesh instead of raising our argument to the ...
... reason " without touching human wants will be ineffective . But the purist of reason will demand : “ Do you mean to ad- vocate that we lower ourselves by appealing to sordid desires of the flesh instead of raising our argument to the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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