Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
I know of nothing more effective for this purpose than daily practise in impromptu speaking as described in this book. In hundreds of instances the results of this simple exercise have been little less than wonderful, not only in stimulating mental quickness, but also in devel...
Socrates used to say that "all men are sufficiently eloquent in that which they understand"; but it would have been nearer truth to say that no man can be eloquent on a subject...
1. Part 1I know of nothing more effective for this purpose than daily practise in impromptu speaking as described in this book. In hundreds of instances the results of this simple exerci...
2. Part 2The question has been asked, "Of what practical value is the Public Speaking Club to the business man?" My answer is because it teaches him to think. There is no greater difficu...
4. Part 4It only remains for us to add, that the student of oratory must exercise himself continually in both writing and speaking. Writing is said by Cicero to be "the best and most exc...