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The Art of Public Speaking
BY
J. BERG ESENWEIN
AUTHOR OF
"HOW TO ATTRACT AND HOLD AN AUDIENCE,"
"WRITING THE SHORT-STORY,"
"WRITING THE PHOTOPLAY," ETC., ETC.,
AND
DALE CARNAGEY
PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE; INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING
THE WRITER'S LIBRARY
EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
F. ARTHUR METCALF
FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND
Table of Contents
THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST
A FOREWORD
THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
CHAPTER I
ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES.
CHAPTER II
THE SIN OF MONOTONY
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES.
CHAPTER III
EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER IV
EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER V
EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOL'S GOLD
EXERCISES
THE MOB
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
A PLEA FOR CUBA
CHAPTER VI
PAUSE AND POWER
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII
EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE
THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY
CHAPTER VIII
CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER IX
FORCE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X
FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH
BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF DELEGATES
CHAPTER XI
FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
GENERAL THEMES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII
THE VOICE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XIII
VOICE CHARM
SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE
FROM MILTON'S "L'ALLEGRO"
THE SEA
THE LARK
THE BROOK
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XIV
DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV
THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XVI
METHODS OF DELIVERY
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XVII
THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVIII
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIX
INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XX
INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXI
INFLUENCING BY NARRATION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXII
INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION
INVICTUS
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XXIII
INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXIV
INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XXV
INFLUENCING THE CROWD
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXVI
RIDING THE WINGED HORSE
I. WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
II. THE USES OF IMAGING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
III. HOW TO ACQUIRE THE IMAGING HABIT
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXVII
GROWING A VOCABULARY
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXVIII
MEMORY TRAINING
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XXIX
RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER XXX
AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXXI
MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
APPENDIX B
THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES
APPENDIX C
SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX D
SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE
NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS
BRAVE LITTLE BELGIUM
HENRY WATTERSON
THE NEW AMERICANISM
JOHN MORLEY
FOUNDER'S DAY ADDRESS
ROBERT TOOMBS
ON RESIGNING FROM THE SENATE, 1861
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
ON AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD[38]
ALTON B. PARKER
THE CALL TO DEMOCRATS
JOHN W. WESCOTT
NOMINATING WOODROW WILSON
HENRY W. GRADY
THE RACE PROBLEM
WILLIAM McKINLEY
LAST SPEECH
JOHN HAY
TRIBUTE TO MCKINLEY
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
THE PRINCE OF PEACE[39]
RUFUS CHOATE
EULOGY OF WEBSTER
ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
PASS PROSPERITY AROUND
RUSSELL CONWELL
ACRES OF DIAMONDS[40]
VICTOR HUGO
HONORE DE BALZAC
FOOTNOTES:
GENERAL INDEX
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