SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC ***
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SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
_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
Successful Methods of Public Speaking
BY GRENVILLE KLEISER
_Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University. Author of "How to Speak in Public," "Great Speeches and How to Make Them," "Complete Guide to Public Speaking," "How to Build Mental Power," "Talks on Talking," etc., etc._
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1919
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
GRENVILLE KLEISER
[_Printed in the United States of America_]
Published, February, 1920
Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910
PREFACE
As you carefully study the successful methods of public speakers, as briefly set forth in this book, you will observe that there is nothing that can be substituted for personal sincerity. Unless you thoroughly believe in the message you wish to convey to others, you are not likely to impress them favorably.
It was said of an eminent British orator, that when one heard him speak in public, one instinctively felt that there was something finer in the man than in anything he said.
Therein lies the key to successful oratory. When the truth of your message is deeply engraved on your own mind; when your own heart has been touched as by a living flame; when your own character and personality testify to the innate sincerity and nobility of your life, then your speech will be truly eloquent, and men will respond to your fervent appeal.
GRENVILLE KLEISER.
New York City, August, 1919.
CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE v
SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING 11
STUDY OF MODEL SPEECHES 55
HISTORY OF PUBLIC SPEAKING 91
EXTRACTS FOR STUDY, WITH LESSON TALK 117
HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC 145
SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
You can acquire valuable knowledge for use in your own public speaking by studying the successful methods of other men. This does not mean, however, that you are to imitate others, but simply to profit by their experience and suggestions in so far as they fit in naturally with your personality.
