PUBLIC SPEAKING:
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BY IRVAH LESTER WINTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
VOCAL FLEXIBILITY
THE FORMATION OF WORDS
MAKING THE POINT
INDICATING VALUES AND RELATIONS
EXPRESSING THE FEELING
SHOWING THE PICTURE
PLATFORM PRACTICE
ARGUMENTATIVE SPEECH
THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
THE MAKING OF THE SPEECH
REVIEW EXERCISES
ROLL ON, THOU DEEP!
MARULLUS TO THE ROMAN CITIZENS
THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
OFFICIAL DUTY
HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS
CASCA, SPEAKING OF CÆSAR
THE TRAINING OF THE GENTLEMAN
THE PRECEPTS OF POLONIUS
ON TAXING THE COLONIES
BRITAIN AND AMERICA
LAYING THE ATLANTIC CABLE
O’CONNELL, THE ORATOR
JUSTIFICATION FOR IMPEACHMENT
ON THE DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS
EXPRESSING THE FEELING
MATCHES AND OVERMATCHES
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
INVECTIVE AGAINST LOUIS BONAPARTE
SHOWING THE PICTURE
A VISION OF WAR
SUNSET NEAR JERUSALEM
A RETURN IN TRIUMPH
A RETURN IN DEFEAT
EXPRESSION BY ACTION
CASSIUS AGAINST CÆSAR
THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH
SOMETHING RANKLING HERE
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE
THE NECESSITY OF FORCE
AGAINST WAR WITH MEXICO
THE MURDER OF LOVEJOY
DEPICTING CHARACTER
GUNGA DIN
ADDRESS OF SERGEANT BUZFUZ
A NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
RESPONSE TO A TOAST
A MAN’S A MAN FOR A’ THAT BY ROBERT BURNS
JIM BLUDSO, OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE
PART THREE
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" ANONYMOUS
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT
AMERICAN COURAGE
THE MINUTEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION
THE ARTS OF THE ANCIENTS
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
THE EXECUTION OF RODRIGUEZ
THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION
BOOKS, LITERATURE, AND THE PEOPLE
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
ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
SPEECH OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY
DEBATE ON THE TARIFF
SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
NOMINATING ULYSSES S. GRANT
THE CHOICE OF A PARTY
NOMINATING JOHN SHERMAN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NOMINATING WOODROW WILSON
DEMOCRATIC FAITH
ENGLAND AND AMERICA
ON HOME RULE IN IRELAND
THE LEGAL PLEA
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
THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
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
THE OCCASIONAL POEM
CLASS POEM
A TROOP OF THE GUARD
THE BOYS
AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH
O’CONNELL’S WIT
A RELIABLE TEAM
OUTDOING MRS. PARTINGTON
MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE LIONS
WENDELL PHILLIPS’S TACT
SECRETARY CHASE’S CHIN-FLY
INFLECTION
REVIEW EXERCISES
MELODY
VARIETY--IN PITCH, TIME, FORCE, COLOR, AND MODULATION 1Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
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