The Art of Public Speaking 26. THE DECAY OF ACTING. Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914. 27. THE YOUNG MAN AND THE CHURCH. "A Young man's Religion," N. McGee Waters. 28. INHERITING SUCCESS. Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914. 29. THE INDIAN
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Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914
27 THE YOUNG MAN AND THE CHURCH
"A Young man's Religion," N McGee Waters
28 INHERITING SUCCESS
Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914
29 THE INDIAN IN OKLAHOMA
Article in Literary Digest, November 28, 1914
30 HATE AND THE NATION
Article in Literary Digest, November 14, 1914
"1 2 3">APPENDIX C SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]
With Occasional Hints on Treatment
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MOVIES AND MORALS
THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING
The essence of truth-telling and lying Lies that are not so
considered The subtleties of distinctions required Examples of
implied and acted lies
BENEFITS THAT FOLLOW DISASTERS
Benefits that have arisen out of floods, fires, earthquakes, wars,
etc
HASTE FOR LEISURE
How the speed mania is born of a vain desire to enjoy a leisure
that never comes or, on the contrary, how the seeming haste of
the world has given men shorter hours off labor and more time for
rest, study, and pleasure
ST PAUL'S MESSAGE TO NEW YORK
Truths from the Epistles pertinent to the great cities of today
EDUCATION AND CRIME
LOSS IS THE MOTHER OF GAIN
How many men have been content until, losing all, they exerted their
best efforts to regain success, and succeeded more largely than
before
EGOISM vs EGOTISM
BLUNDERS OF YOUNG FOGYISM
Trang 210 THE WASTE OF MIDDLE-MEN IN CHARITY SYSTEMS
The cost of collecting funds for, and administering help to, the
needy The weakness of organized philanthropy as compared with
the giving that gives itself
11 THE ECONOMY OF ORGANIZED CHARITY
The other side of the picture
12 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
The true forces that hurtfully control too many newspapers are not
those of arbitrary governments but the corrupting influences of
moneyed and political interests, fear of the liquor power, and the
desire to please sensation—loving readers
13 HELEN KELLER: OPTIMIST
14 BACK TO THE FARM
A study of the reasons underlying the movement
15 IT WAS EVER THUS
In ridicule of the pessimist who is never surprised at seeing failure
16 THE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Value of direct training compared with the policy of laying broader
foundations for later building How the two theories work out in
practise Each plan can be especially applied in cases that seem to
need special treatment
17 ALL KINDS OF TURNING DONE HERE
A humorous, yet serious, discussion of the flopping, wind—mill
character
18 THE EGOISTIC ALTRUIST
Herbert Spencer's theory as discussed in "The Data of Ethics."
19 HOW THE CITY MENACES THE NATION
Economic perils in massed population Show also the other side
Signs of the problem's being solved
20 THE ROBUST NOTE IN MODERN POETRY
A comparison of the work of Galsworthy, Masefield and Kipling with
that of some earlier poets
21 THE IDEALS OF SOCIALISM
22 THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL CITY
How men are coming to see the economic advantages of smaller
municipalities
23 CENSORSHIP FOR THE THEATRE
Its relation to morals and art Its difficulties and its benefits
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Mordecai's expression and its application to opportunities in modern
woman's life
25 IS THE PRESS VENAL?
26 SAFETY FIRST
27 MENES AND EXTREMES
28 RUBICONS AND PONTOONS
How great men not only made momentous decisions but created means
to carry them out A speech full of historical examples
29 ECONOMY A REVENUE
30 THE PATRIOTISM OF PROTEST AGAINST POPULAR IDOLS
31 SAVONAROLA, THE DIVINE OUTCAST
32 THE TRUE POLITICIAN
Revert to the original meaning of the word Build the speech around
one man as the chief example
33 COLONELS AND SHELLS
Leadership and "cannon fodder"——a protest against war in its effect
on the common people
34, WHY IS A MILITANT?
A dispassionate examination of the claims of the British militant
suffragette
35 ART AND MORALS
The difference between the nude and the naked in art
36 CAN MY COUNTRY BE WRONG?
False patriotism and true, with examples of popularly—hated patriots
37 GOVERNMENT BY PARTY
An analysis of our present political system and the movement toward
reform
38 THE EFFECTS OF FICTION ON HISTORY
39 THE EFFECTS OF HISTORY ON FICTION
40 THE INFLUENCE OF WAR ON LITERATURE
41 CHINESE GORDON
A eulogy
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Should all men be compelled to contribute to the support of
universities and professional schools?
43 PRIZE CATTLE VS PRIZE BABIES
Is Eugenics a science? And is it practicable?
44 BENEVOLENT AUTOCRACY
Is a strongly paternal government better for the masses than a much
larger freedom for the individual?
45 SECOND-HAND OPINIONS
The tendency to swallow reviews instead of forming one's own views
46 PARENTAGE OR POWER?
A study of which form of aristocracy must eventually prevail, that
of blood or that of talent
47 THE BLESSING OF DISCONTENT
Based on many examples of what has been accomplished by those who
have not "let well—enough alone.”
48 "CORRUPT AND CONTENTED."
A study of the relation of the apathetic voter to vicious government
49 THE MOLOCH OF CHILD-LABOR
50 EVERY MAN HAS A RIGHT TO WORK
51 CHARITY THAT FOSTERS PAUPERISM
52 "NOT IN OUR STARS BUT IN OURSELVES."
Destiny vs choice
53 ENVIRONMENT VS HEREDITY
34 THE BRAVERY OF DOUBT
Doubt not mere unbelief True grounds for doubt What doubt has led
to Examples The weakness of mere doubt The attitude of the
wholesome doubter versus that of the wholesale doubter
55 THE SPIRIT OF MONTICELLO
A message from the life of Thomas Jefferson
56 NARROWNESS IN SPECIALISM
The dangers of specializing without first possessing broad
knowledge The eye too close to one object Balance is a vital
prerequisite for specialization
37 RESPONSIBILITY OF LABOR UNIONS TO THE LAW
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What conditions in the history, temperament and environment of our
Southern people indicate a bright literary future
59 WOMAN THE HOPE OF IDEALISM IN AMERICA
60 THE VALUE OF DEBATING CLUBS
61 AN ARMY OF THIRTY MILLIONS
In praise of the Sunday—school
62 THE BABY
How the ever—new baby holds mankind in unselfish courses and saves
us all from going lastingly wrong
63 LO, THE POOR CAPITALIST
His trials and problems
64 HONEY AND STING
A lesson from the bee
65 UNGRATEFUL REPUBLICS
Examples from history
66 "EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE."
Horace Walpole's cynical remark is not true now, nor was it true
even in his own corrupt era Of what sort are the men who cannot
be bought? Examples
67 THE SCHOLAR IN DIPLOMACY
Examples in American life
68 LOCKS AND KEYS
There is a key for every lock No difficulty so great, no truth so
obscure, no problem so involved, but that there is a key to fit the
lock The search for the right key, the struggle to adjust it, the
vigilance to retain it-—these are some of the problems of success
69 RIGHT MAKES MIGHT
70 ROOMING WITH A GHOST
Influence of the woman graduate of fifty years before on the college
girl who lives in the room once occupied by the distinguished
“old grad."
71 NO FACT IS A SINGLE FACT
The importance of weighing facts relatively
72 IS CLASSICAL EDUCATION DEAD TO RISE NO MORE?
73 INVECTIVE AGAINST NIETSCHE'S PHILOSOPHY