Kindred Arts: Conversation and Public SpeakingMacmillan, 1929 - 200 Seiten |
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Conversation and Public Speaking Henry Waters Taft. • ill - prepared speech which must have fallen woefully below the standard he had himself set . Plutarch also tells us of a ruler of Cyprus , called upon to make a speech at a banquet ...
Conversation and Public Speaking Henry Waters Taft. • ill - prepared speech which must have fallen woefully below the standard he had himself set . Plutarch also tells us of a ruler of Cyprus , called upon to make a speech at a banquet ...
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... speech , seem commonplace and tedious . But this is not al- ways due to defective school - training ; —it as frequently results from a failure to appreciate that the writing of a good speech is not all , and that good delivery may ...
... speech , seem commonplace and tedious . But this is not al- ways due to defective school - training ; —it as frequently results from a failure to appreciate that the writing of a good speech is not all , and that good delivery may ...
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... speech , than to fortify its points . Such gestures not only destroy the effect of his speech , but make it the subject of ridicule . A speaker at a recent National Convention of one of the great po- litical parties delivered with much ...
... speech , than to fortify its points . Such gestures not only destroy the effect of his speech , but make it the subject of ridicule . A speaker at a recent National Convention of one of the great po- litical parties delivered with much ...
Inhalt
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 3 |
EFFECT OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN AMERICA | 10 |
OCCASIONS SUITED TO THE CULTIVATION | 20 |
Urheberrecht | |
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