Public Speaking: Principles and Practice

About this eBook

Author

Winter, Irvah Lester, 1857-1934

Credits

Anne Soulard, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Oratory

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6333

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6333

Release Date

August 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PUBLIC SPEAKING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — PREFACE INTRODUCTION — PART ONE — PART TWO — PART THREE — ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION — INDEX OF TITLES INDEX OF AUTHORS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.PART ONE — A DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPLES — VOCAL FLEXIBILITY — THE FORMATION OF WORDS — MAKING THE POINT — INDICATING VALUES AND RELATIONS — EXPRESSING THE FEELING — SHOWING THE PICTURE — EXPRESSION BY ACTION
6. 6.PLATFORM PRACTICE — THE PUBLIC LECTURE — THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION — ARGUMENTATIVE SPEECH — THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH — THE OCCASIONAL POEM
7. 7.THE MAKING OF THE SPEECH
8. 8.REVIEW EXERCISES
9. 9.PART TWO — TECHNICAL TRAINING — O SCOTIA! — O ROME! MY COUNTRY! — RING OUT, WILD BELLS! — ROLL ON, THOU DEEP! — THOU, TOO, SAIL ON! — O TIBER, FATHER TIBER! — MARULLUS TO THE ROMAN CITIZENS — THE RECESSIONAL — THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY — THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS — BUNKER HILL — THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
10. 10.VOCAL FLEXIBILITY — CĘSAR, THE FIGHTER — OFFICIAL DUTY — LOOK WELL TO YOUR SPEECH — HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS — BELLARIO'S LETTER — CASCA, SPEAKING OF CĘSAR — SQUANDERING OF THE VOICE — THE TRAINING OF THE GENTLEMAN
11. 11.MAKING THE POINT — BRUTUS TO THE ROMAN CITIZENS — THE PRECEPTS OF POLONIUS — THE HIGH STANDARD — ON TAXING THE COLONIES — JUSTIFYING THE PRESIDENT — BRITAIN AND AMERICA
12. 12.VALUES AND TRANSITIONS — KING ROBERT OF SICILY — LAYING THE ATLANTIC CABLE — O'CONNELL, THE ORATOR — JUSTIFICATION FOR IMPEACHMENT — WENDELL PHILLIPS, THE ORATOR — ON THE DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS — THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
13. 13.EXPRESSING THE FEELING — NORTHERN GREETING TO SOUTHERN VETERANS — MATCHES AND OVERMATCHES — THE COALITION — IN HIS OWN DEFENSE — ON RESISTANCE TO GREAT BRITAIN — INVECTIVE AGAINST LOUIS BONAPARTE
14. 14.SHOWING THE PICTURE — MOUNT, THE DOGE OF VENICE! — THE REVENGE — A VISION OF WAR — SUNSET NEAR JERUSALEM — A RETURN IN TRIUMPH — A RETURN IN DEFEAT
15. 15.EXPRESSION BY ACTION — IN OUR FOREFATHERS' DAY — CASSIUS AGAINST CĘSAR — THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH — SOMETHING RANKLING HERE — FAITH IN THE PEOPLE — THE FRENCH AGAINST HAYTI — THE NECESSITY OF FORCE — AGAINST WAR WITH MEXICO — THE MURDER OF LOVEJOY
16. 16.DEPICTING CHARACTER — A TALE OF THE PLAINS — GUNGA DIN — ADDRESS OF SERGEANT BUZFUZ — A NATURAL PHILOSOPHER — RESPONSE TO A TOAST — PARTRIDGE AT THE PLAY — A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT — ARTEMUS WARD'S LECTURE — JIM BLUDSO, OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE — THE TRIAL OF ABNER BARROW
17. 17.PART THREE — PLATFORM PRACTICE — THE BENEFITS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION — WHAT THE COLLEGE GIVES — MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS — WILLIAM MCKINLEY — ROBERT E. LEE — FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE — THE DEATH OF GARFIELD — THE SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS — THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT — AN APPRECIATION OF MR. GLADSTONE — WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE — THE SOLDIER'S CREED — COMPETITION IN COLLEGE — A MASTER OF THE SITUATION — WIT AND HUMOR — A MESSAGE TO GARCIA — SHAKESPEARE'S "MARK ANTONY" — ANDR. AND HALE — THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON — THE HOMES OF THE PEOPLE — GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT — AMERICAN COURAGE — THE MINUTEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION — PAUL REVERE'S RIDE — THE ARTS OF THE ANCIENTS — A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY — THE EXECUTION OF RODRIGUEZ
18. 18.THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION — THE FLOOD OF BOOKS — EFFECTIVENESS IN SPEAKING — BOOKS, LITERATURE, AND THE PEOPLE — EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS — THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN ORATORY — DANIEL WEBSTER, THE MAN — THE ENDURING VALUE OF SPEECH — TO COLLEGE GIRLS — THE ART OF ACTING — ADDRESS TO THE FRESHMAN CLASS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY — WITH TENNYSON AT FARRINGFORD — NOTES ON SPEECH-MAKING — HUNTING THE GRIZZLY
19. 19.ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION — ON RETAINING THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS — SPEECH OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY — DEBATE ON THE TARIFF — SPEECH OF CHARLES F. CRISP — SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS — REPLY BY DANIEL WEBSTER — THE REPUBLICAN PARTY — NOMINATING ULYSSES S. GRANT — THE CHOICE OF A PARTY — NOMINATING JOHN SHERMAN — THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY — THE CALL TO DEMOCRATS — NOMINATING WOODROW WILSON — DEMOCRATIC FAITH — ENGLAND AND AMERICA — ON HOME RULE IN IRELAND
20. 20.THE LEGAL PLEA — THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CASE — IN DEFENSE OF THE KENNISTONS — IN DEFENCE OF JOHN E. COOK — IN DEFENSE OF THE SOLDIERS — IN DEFENSE OF LORD GEORGE GORDON — PRONOUNCING SENTENCE FOR HIGH TREASON — THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON — BY WILLIAM M. EVARTS
21. 21.THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH — AT A UNIVERSITY CLUB DINNER — THE EVACUATION OF NEW YORK — TIES OF KINSHIP — CANADA, ENGLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES — MONSIEUR AND MADAME — THE TYPICAL AMERICAN — THE PILGRIM MOTHERS — BRIGHT LAND TO WESTWARD — WOMAN — ABRAHAM LINCOLN — TO ATHLETIC VICTORS — THE BABIES
22. 22.THE OCCASIONAL POEM — CHARLES DICKENS — THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND — CLASS POEM — A TROOP OF THE GUARD — THE BOYS
23. 23.THE ANECDOTE — THE MOB CONQUERED — AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH — THE RAIL-SPLITTER — O'CONNELL'S WIT — A RELIABLE TEAM — MEG'S MARRIAGE — OUTDOING MRS. PARTINGTON — CIRCUMSTANCE NOT A CAUSE — MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE LIONS — IRVING, THE ACTOR — WENDELL PHILLIPS'S TACT — BAKED BEANS AND CULTURE — SECRETARY CHASE'S CHIN-FLY
24. 24.REVIEW EXERCISES — TONE — INFLECTION — ENUNCIATION — REVIEW EXERCISES — EMPHASIS — MELODY — FEELING — TONE COLOR — VARIETY—IN PITCH, TIME, FORCE, COLOR, AND MODULATION — GESTURE — CHARACTERIZATION

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