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... suggestion . This term " suggestion " has had a wide usage both popular and scientific and deserves the attention of a definition which may be stated as follows : When we act from a stimulus external to ourselves , and without opposing ...
... suggestion . This term " suggestion " has had a wide usage both popular and scientific and deserves the attention of a definition which may be stated as follows : When we act from a stimulus external to ourselves , and without opposing ...
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... suggestion . See Chapter XII . 4. Imitation is a potent factor in suggestion . Speakers who are known to have accomplished great things , to be the embodiment of the ideas for which they speak , tend to cause their hearers to follow and ...
... suggestion . See Chapter XII . 4. Imitation is a potent factor in suggestion . Speakers who are known to have accomplished great things , to be the embodiment of the ideas for which they speak , tend to cause their hearers to follow and ...
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... suggestion is often more willingly followed than a direct command , especially if the person or persons addressed would resent a direct command as an implication of inferiority , weakness , or powerlessness . To say , " It has been ...
... suggestion is often more willingly followed than a direct command , especially if the person or persons addressed would resent a direct command as an implication of inferiority , weakness , or powerlessness . To say , " It has been ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY | 3 |
METHODS OF SPEAKING II | 11 |
THE SPEAKER | 22 |
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