How To Speak In Public - The Exercise of Power (Including Greatest Speeches and Eloquence Examples)
Practical Lessons in Persuasion, Confidence, and EloquenceBy Henry Dickson, Orison Swett Marden
Length8h 29m
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How To Speak In Public—The Exercise of Power gathers practical instruction, exemplary oratory, and reflections on eloquence into a volume concerned with speech as a disciplined form of civic and personal influence. Its range moves from advice on voice, preparation, confidence, and audience engagement to "greatest speeches" that make public address available for close study. By placing technique beside examples, the collection presents eloquence not as ornament alone but as an instrument of persuasion, leadership, and ethical responsibility. Associated with Henry Dickson and Orison Swett Marden, the volume belongs to the broad self-culture and improvement tradition that linked individual cultivation to public usefulness. Marden's work in motivational and character-based writing provides an especially relevant intellectual context: effective speaking is treated as an extension of purposeful conduct, perseverance, and social service. The anthology's instructional and exemplary materials together illuminate a period in which rhetoric remained central to education, politics, reform, and professional advancement. Recommended for students of rhetoric, aspiring speakers, and readers of cultural history, this book offers a compact encounter with both the craft and the legacy of public speech. Its juxtaposition of guidance and celebrated models encourages readers to compare styles, assess persuasive strategies, and discover how varied voices transform conviction into memorable language.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 6, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FREDERICK DOUGLASS Ultimate Collection: Autobiographies, 50+ Speeches, Articles & Letters (Annotated)
2How To Speak In Public - The Exercise of Power (Including Greatest Speeches and Eloquence Examples)
3PART I
4CHAPTER I. Preliminary Steps
5CHAPTER II Wit, Humor, Pathos, Climaxes and Methods of Great Orators and Lecturers
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6CHAPTER III. Securing the Confidence of the Audience
7CHAPTER IV. The Peroration: The Climax: The Closing
8CHAPTER V. The Value of Repetition and Suggestion
9CHAPTER VI. How to Make Speeches That Will Have Effect
10CHAPTER VII. How to be Heard When Speaking in Public
11CHAPTER VIII. Debating
12PART II.
13CHAPTER IX. Shakespeare
14CHAPTER X. The Study of Shakespeare
15CHAPTER XI. Shakespearean Quotations for Public Speakers Representing Every Play Written By the Dramatist
16CHAPTER XII. Scripture and Shakespeare Parallels
17PART III: CHAPTER XIII. Ready-Made Speechlets, Toasts, Quotations, Anecdotes for Every Occasion
18PART IV: CHAPTER XIV. Masterpieces of Oratory, Poetry, Choice Selections, Etc.
19PART V
20Self-Improvement Through Public Speaking
21If You Can Talk Well
22Inspirational Thoughts for Public Speakers and Writers
23Celebrated Passages from the Best Orations and Writings
24Over One Thousand Topics for Orations, Speeches, Essays, Etc.
25Model Questions for Debate—Preparation of Programs
26Memory
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