Kindred Arts: Conversation and Public SpeakingMacmillan, 1929 - 200 Seiten |
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... accepted formulation of its principles and technique ; and if there had been , an attempt to put them in practice would have resulted in convention and per- haps pedantry , tending to check spontaneity and produce self - consciousness ...
... accepted formulation of its principles and technique ; and if there had been , an attempt to put them in practice would have resulted in convention and per- haps pedantry , tending to check spontaneity and produce self - consciousness ...
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... accepted . That " talk is a festival of ostentation " and that each person must accept " the vanity of the other , " are examples of the very kind of overstatement to which I have referred . There may perhaps be “ vanity " and a ...
... accepted . That " talk is a festival of ostentation " and that each person must accept " the vanity of the other , " are examples of the very kind of overstatement to which I have referred . There may perhaps be “ vanity " and a ...
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... accepted in Chicago , New Orleans or San Francisco ; and such a thing as an unofficial High Court of all the talents is inconceivable . It seems clear , therefore , that the state of the conversational art in this coun- try , or ...
... accepted in Chicago , New Orleans or San Francisco ; and such a thing as an unofficial High Court of all the talents is inconceivable . It seems clear , therefore , that the state of the conversational art in this coun- try , or ...
Inhalt
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 3 |
EFFECT OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN AMERICA | 10 |
OCCASIONS SUITED TO THE CULTIVATION | 20 |
Urheberrecht | |
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