The Art of Effective Public SpeakingIn listening to a fine speech, well delivered, the effect seems to spring from a wonderful spontaneity; all is so natural, and so apparently facile in achievement. Lucidly logical, and now passionately moved; anon, diverting with wit, humour, or sarcasm; suddenly transporting us into the realms of fancy, the speaker is always arresting, and enchains the attention and sympathies of his entire audience.-from "Chapter IV: Fluency of Thought, Ideas, Etc. Mental Aspect in Public Speaking"If you've been searching for a "complete guide to the Preparation and Delivery of Speeches and the Development of Mind, Ideas, Vocabulary, and Expressions required by Public Speakers," here you go. Published in 1911, the advice this handy little tome offers is quite helpful... if you can find it through the author's florid prose and dictatorial attitude. From preparing mentally to give a speech and training one's memory to recall your words to such practical matters as breathing exercises and lists of vocabulary words with which to practice pronunciations, you'll learn much... and feel as if you've gotten your knuckles rapped. BONUS! Practice with the supplied speeches from the Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) on the "importance of the colonies," Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) on the "repeal of the corn laws," Lord Macaulay (1800-1859) on "Parliamentary reform," and others!OF INTEREST TO: fans of kitsch, public speakersAUTHOR BIO: ERNEST GUY PERTWEE was professor of elocution at City of London School, and is also the author of The Reciter's Treasury of Verse, Scenes from Dickens for Drawing-Room and Platform Acting, and other books. |
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... possess an extensive vocabulary and an intimate and exact know- ledge of words , their meaning and their true application . He must be able , instantly and with facility , to select the best words and the best phrases with which he ...
... possess an extensive vocabulary and an intimate and exact know- ledge of words , their meaning and their true application . He must be able , instantly and with facility , to select the best words and the best phrases with which he ...
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... possess an efficient and extensive vocabulary where- with to express himself , and build up his sentences in an accurate and intelligible manner . For this purpose it is not necessary to take too cumbersome a dictionary . Some such work ...
... possess an efficient and extensive vocabulary where- with to express himself , and build up his sentences in an accurate and intelligible manner . For this purpose it is not necessary to take too cumbersome a dictionary . Some such work ...
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... is thoroughly familiar with each group of words derived from the same root - source - and conse- quently possessing a kindred meaning , although that meaning may be qualified or varied by the addition 12 THE SPEAKER'S VOCABULARY.
... is thoroughly familiar with each group of words derived from the same root - source - and conse- quently possessing a kindred meaning , although that meaning may be qualified or varied by the addition 12 THE SPEAKER'S VOCABULARY.
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... possesses innate and special gifts- unless he has for many years , unconsciously absorbed , assimilated , and imitated under favourable cir- cumstances good methods of oratory , although he may not himself have had opportunities of ...
... possesses innate and special gifts- unless he has for many years , unconsciously absorbed , assimilated , and imitated under favourable cir- cumstances good methods of oratory , although he may not himself have had opportunities of ...
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... possess an innate or cultivated fluency of thought and intellectual alertness , and the faculty of visualising ... possessed powers of observation , of absorption , and of imitative expression manifestly denied to the majority ; who , in ...
... possess an innate or cultivated fluency of thought and intellectual alertness , and the faculty of visualising ... possessed powers of observation , of absorption , and of imitative expression manifestly denied to the majority ; who , in ...
Contents
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CHAPTER VIII | 63 |
CHAPTER XII | 107 |
PART II | 113 |
The Spirit of Liberty | 155 |
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE | 170 |
War with England | 199 |
Impeachment of Warren Hastings | 207 |
International Law and Arbitration | 221 |
The Government and Socialism | 227 |
HENRY GRATTAN | 68 |
CHAPTER IX | 75 |
CHAPTER X | 85 |
CHAPTER XI | 97 |
The Sigh of Love | 233 |
From the Sea to the City | 241 |
A Mothers Consolation | 266 |
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Africa America appeal arguments audience BENJAMIN DISRAELI Bishop of Ripon blessed breath Britain British character Christ Church commerce cultivate debate delivery Dictionary EDMUND BURKE effect eloquence England Ephphatha erogation exercise expression extemporaneously eyes feel fluency force gesture gifts give glory Government heard hearers heart heaven HENRY GRATTAN Henry Ward Beecher hope House human Hyder Ali ideas infinite intellect interest Ireland JOHN BRIGHT knowledge liberty live Lord mankind matter means memory ment mental mind minister mouth nation nature never Notes for Speaker's occasion orators oratory Parliament party peace political practice principle public speaking purpose realise reason right honourable gentleman sentences slave trade soft palate soul sound speaker speech spirit student style sympathy things thou thought tion to-day tongue true truth utterance vocabulary voice vowel whilst whole WILLIAM WILBERFORCE words
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Page 200 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 204 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years...
Page 202 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it...
Page 200 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 125 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Page 203 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 166 - I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must.