Excerpt from Practical Public Speaking: A Text-Book for Colleges, and Secondary Schools
During the past few years there has developed a marked increase of interest in public speaking. Near ly all the leading institutions of learning have estab lished chairs of oratory, or forensics, and many high schools and normal schools are devoting considerable attention to the subject. The great number of inter collegiate and inter-preparatory school contests in so many of the States is an additional sign of the growth of interest in public speaking.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a series of select speeches covering an array of topics such as revolution, liberty, and the nature of government. The author carefully chose these speeches to demonstrate the power of these orations, and how they both reflected and influenced their era. At their core, the speeches underscore the essential human desire for freedom, human dignity, and representative government, drawing on famous speeches from the American and English revolutionary periods. Running through the collection is a theme of directness, with each orator speaking with passion and conviction about their beliefs and the ideas they seek to convey. Within this framework, the author delves into the minds and methods of the speakers, revealing not only the substance of their arguments, but how they constructed their arguments and delivered them to achieve full effect. This book is for anyone who loves language, enjoys history, or seeks to better understand the nature of public speaking. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330282045_0
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