Chapter 8
| _By Grenville Kleiser_ | ----------------------------------------------------- |Inspiration and Ideals | | | |How to Build Mental Power | | | |How to Develop Self-Confidence in Speech and Manner| | | |How to Read and Declaim | | | |How to Speak in Public | | | |How to Develop Power and Personality in Speaking | | | |Great Speeches and How to Make Them | | | |How to Argue and Win | | | |Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience | | | |Complete Guide to Public Speaking | | | |Talks on Talking | | | |Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases | | | |The World's Great Sermons | | | |Mail Course in Public Speaking | | | |Mail Course in Practical English | | | |How to Speak Without Notes | | | |Something to Say: How to Say It | | | |Successful Methods of Public Speaking | | | |Model Speeches for Practise | | | |The Training of a Public Speaker | | | |How to Sell Through Speech | | | |Impromptu Speeches: How to Make Them | | | |Word-Power: How to Develop It | | | |Christ: The Master Speaker | | | |Vital English for Speakers and Writers | -----------------------------------------------------
HOW TO ARGUE AND WIN
By GRENVILLE KLEISER
_Author of "How to Speak in Public."_
Ninety-nine men in a hundred can argue to one who can argue and win. Yet upon this faculty more than any other depends the power of the lawyer, business man, preacher, politician, salesman, and teacher. The desire to win is characteristic of all men. "Almost to win a case," "Almost to close a sale," "Almost to make a convert," or "Almost to gain a vote," brings neither satisfaction nor success.
In this book will be found definite suggestions for training the mind in accurate thinking and the power of clear and effective statement. It is the outcome of many years of experience in teaching men "to think on their feet." The aim throughout is practical, and the ultimate object a knowledge of successful argumentation.
CONTENTS
Introductory--Truth and Facts--Clearness and Conciseness--The Use of Words--The Syllogism--Faults--Personality--The Lawyer--The Business Man--The Preacher--The Salesman--The Public Speaker--Brief-Drawing--The Discipline of Debate--Tact--Cause and Effect--Reading Habits--Questions for Solution--Specimens of Argumentation--Golden Rules in Argumentation.
Note for Law Lecture _Abraham Lincoln_ Of Truth _Francis Bacon_ Of Practise and Habits _John Locke_ Improving the Memory _Isaac Watts_
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How to Develop
Self-Confidence
in Speech and Manner
By GRENVILLE KLEISER
_Author of "How to Speak in Public"; "How to Develop Power and Personality in Speaking," etc._
The purpose of this book is to inspire in men lofty ideals. It is particularly for those who daily defraud themselves because of doubt, fearthought, and foolish timidity.
Thousands of persons are held in physical and mental bondage, owing to lack of self-confidence. Distrusting themselves, they live a life of limited effort, and at last pass on without having realized more than a small part of their rich possessions. It is believed that this book will be of substantial service to those who wish to rise above mediocrity, and who feel within them something of their divine inheritance. It is commended with confidence to every ambitious man.
_CONTENTS_
Preliminary Steps--Building the Will--The Cure of Self-Consciousness--The Power of Right Thinking--Sources of Inspiration--Concentration--Physical Basis--Finding Yourself--General Habits--The Man and the Manner--The Discouraged Man--Daily Steps in Self-Culture--Imagination and Initiative--Positive and Negative Thought--The Speaking Voice--Confidence in Business--Confidence in Society--Confidence in Public Speaking--Toward the Heights--Memory Passages that Build Confidence.
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