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... talk when we know that he knows what he is talking about and says it in an interesting manner . Too many people treat public speaking as a vagabond's art , expecting others to condone asinine and pusillanimous incompetency with patience ...
... talk when we know that he knows what he is talking about and says it in an interesting manner . Too many people treat public speaking as a vagabond's art , expecting others to condone asinine and pusillanimous incompetency with patience ...
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... talk upon subjects in which they do not have a profound interest . They feel that they do both themselves and the audience an injustice by talking on a subject into which they cannot put the full force of their personality and being ...
... talk upon subjects in which they do not have a profound interest . They feel that they do both themselves and the audience an injustice by talking on a subject into which they cannot put the full force of their personality and being ...
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... talk to us as long as we like , whatever our rank or occupation ; - talk to us in the best words they can choose , and with thanks if we listen to them . And this society , because it is so numerous and so gentle , and can be kept ...
... talk to us as long as we like , whatever our rank or occupation ; - talk to us in the best words they can choose , and with thanks if we listen to them . And this society , because it is so numerous and so gentle , and can be kept ...
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INTRODUCTORY ཁ ཌ སྶ ཨཽ ཉ སྒྱུ 8 སྶ 124 | 3 |
METHODS OF SPEAKING | 11 |
THE SPEAKER | 22 |
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action after-dinner speech appeal argument arouse attention audience begin body BRANDER MATTHEWS breath Bruce Barton central idea Chap chapter circumflex communicating meaning conclusion concrete definite demand Demosthenes desire E. H. HARRIMAN effective emotions EXERCISES experience expression Extempore Speaking eyes fact feel force gesture hand Henry Ward Beecher honor human humor illustrations impression individual inflection interest introduction Ivory Soap language Laughter listener lives logical manner matter ment mental imagery mind muscles nation nature never occasion orator outline pause personality phrase platform possible practice problem proposition Psychology public speaking question reading reason relaxed sense sentence Shurter speaker specific purpose speech material stage fright story student suggestion talk tell tend things thought tion tone Toussaint L'Ouverture vivid VOCABULARY DRILL voice Walter Dill Scott Wendell Phillips words