The Art of Public SpeakingThe best way to become a confident, effective public speaker, according to the authors of this landmark book, is simply to do it. Practice, practice, practice. And while you're at it, assume the positive. Have something to say. Forget the self. Cast out fear. Be absorbed by your subject. And most importantly, expect success. "If you believe you will fail," they write, "there is hope for you. You will." DALE CARNEGIE (1888-1955), a pioneer in public speaking and personality development, gained fame by teaching others how to become successful. His book How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) has sold more than 10 million copies. He also founded the Dale Carnegie Institute for Effective Speaking and Human Relations, with branches all over the world. JOSEPH BERG ESENWEIN (1867-1946) also wrote The Art of Story-Writing, Writing the Photoplay (with Arthur Leeds), and Children's Stories and How to Tell Them. |
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... eyes that turn upon the speaker , especially if he permits himself to steadily return that gaze . Most speakers have ... eyes may exert upon him , especially before he begins to speak : after the inward fires of oratory are fanned into ...
... eyes that turn upon the speaker , especially if he permits himself to steadily return that gaze . Most speakers have ... eyes may exert upon him , especially before he begins to speak : after the inward fires of oratory are fanned into ...
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... eye as quickly as sin , and often leads to viciousness . The worst punishment that human ingenuity has ever been able to invent is extreme monotony - solitary confinement . Lay a marble on the table and do nothing eighteen hours of the ...
... eye as quickly as sin , and often leads to viciousness . The worst punishment that human ingenuity has ever been able to invent is extreme monotony - solitary confinement . Lay a marble on the table and do nothing eighteen hours of the ...
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... eyes , but this man asks for a LARGER eye . This man with the larger eye says he will discover , not rivers or safety appliances for aëroplanes , but NEW STARS and SUNS . " New stars and suns " are hardly as emphatic as the word ...
... eyes , but this man asks for a LARGER eye . This man with the larger eye says he will discover , not rivers or safety appliances for aëroplanes , but NEW STARS and SUNS . " New stars and suns " are hardly as emphatic as the word ...
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... eye , and I will dis- cover new stars and suns . " That is what the republic needs today —new men - men who are wise toward the soil , toward the grains , toward the tools . If God would only raise up for the people two or three men ...
... eye , and I will dis- cover new stars and suns . " That is what the republic needs today —new men - men who are wise toward the soil , toward the grains , toward the tools . If God would only raise up for the people two or three men ...
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... eyes , but with your prejudices . But fifty years hence , when Truth gets a hearing , the Muse of History will put Phocion for the Greek , and Brutus for the Roman , Hampden for England , Lafayette for France , choose Washington as the ...
... eyes , but with your prejudices . But fifty years hence , when Truth gets a hearing , the Muse of History will put Phocion for the Greek , and Brutus for the Roman , Hampden for England , Lafayette for France , choose Washington as the ...
Contents
CHAPTER XIXINFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION | 218 |
CHAPTER XXINFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION | 231 |
CHAPTER XXIINFLUENCING BY NARRATION | 249 |
CHAPTER XXIIINFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION | 262 |
CHAPTER XXIIIINFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT | 280 |
CHAPTER XXIVINFLUENCING BY PERSUASION | 295 |
CHAPTER XXVINFLUENCING THE CROWD | 308 |
CHAPTER XXVIRIDING THE WINGED HORSE | 321 |
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CHAPTER XFEELING AND ENTHUSIASM ΙΟΙ | 101 |
CHAPTER XIFLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION | 115 |
CHAPTER XIITHE VOICE | 124 |
CHAPTER XIIIVOICE CHARM | 134 |
CHAPTER XIVDISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION | 146 |
CHAPTER XVTHE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE | 156 |
CHAPTER XVIMETHODS OF DELIVERY | 171 |
CHAPTER XVIITHOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER | 184 |
CHAPTER XVIIISUBJECT AND PREPARATION | 199 |
CHAPTER XXVIIGROWING A VOCABULARY | 334 |
CHAPTER XXVIIIMEMORY TRAINING | 343 |
CHAPTER XXIXRIGHT THINKING AND PERSON ALITY | 355 |
CHAPTER XXXAFTERDINNER AND OTHER OCCA SIONAL SPEAKING | 362 |
CHAPTER XXXIMAKING CONVERSATION EFFEC TIVE | 372 |
APPENDIX AFIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE | 379 |
APPENDIX BTHIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES WITH SOURCEREFERENCES | 383 |
APPENDIX CSuggestive SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES HINTS FOR TREATMENT | 386 |
APPENDIX DSPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE | 394 |
GENERAL INDEX | 506 |
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Page 113 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Page 64 - A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
Page 142 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles ; I bubble into eddying bays ; I babble on the pebbles.
Page 143 - And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 83 - My words fly up, my thoughts remain below : Words, without thoughts, never to heaven go.
Page 51 - It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 112 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
Page 316 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 138 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
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Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement William M. Keith Limited preview - 2007 |
Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement William M. Keith No preview available - 2007 |