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With everything that is going on these days, I thought this classic piece of oratory was worth pulling out. It is also the speech where the phrase "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" originated. Give it a listen. You’ll be glad you did.
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Or go to - http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstinaugural.html
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The Public Lecture
In the public lecture the element of entertainment enters prominently.
The audience, at first in a passive state, must be awakened, and taken
on with the speaker. Probably it must be instructed, perhaps amused.
The speaker must make his own occasion. He has no help from the
circumstance of predisposition among his auditors. He must compel, or
he must win; he must charm or Read the rest of this entry »
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Influencing by Argument
Common sense is the common sense of mankind. It is the product of common observation and experience. It is modest, plain, and unsophisticated. It sees with everybody’s eyes, and hears with everybody’s ears. It has no capricious distinctions, no perplexities, and no mysteries. It never equivocates, and never trifles. Its language is always intelligible. It is known by clearness of speech and singleness of purpose.
—George Jacob Holyoake, Public Speaking and Debate.
The very name of logic is awesome to most young speakers, but so soon as they come to realize that its processes, even when most intricate, are merely technical statements of the truths enforced by common sense, it will lose its terrors. In fact, logic[25] is a fascinating subject, well worth the public speaker’s study, for it explains the principles that govern the use of argument and proof. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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I find that listening and/or watching a great speech always helps me do better in my public speaking. Check this site out -
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
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September 4th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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