The Art of Public Speaking Dale Carnagey 1

The Art of Public Speaking while he is urged to speak, speak, SPEAK as he is applying to his own methods, in his own personal way, the principles he has gathered from his own experience and observation and the recorded experiences of others.

The Art of Public Speaking Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J Berg Esenwein

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"1 1">THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING 4

"1 1 1">CHAPTER ILA IRI FIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE 4

"1 I1 2">CHAPTER II ESI ¡96 0 — 8

"1 1 3">CHAP THR PHASIS A RDINATION 10

"1 1 4 >CHAPTER IV EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH 16

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"1 1 10">CHAPTER X FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM ccccccccsssssssccsssssssssssssssseecssssseeeecsseeeues 59 "1 1 11">CHAPTER XL FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARA TION - - G5 5 c5 «e2 66 lu l8 V2 0Ì (405) @,.4) 08s 29)(0 70171755 70

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"1 1 31">CHAPTER XXX, AFTER—DINNER AND OTHER ASIONAL SPEAKING 196

"1 1 32 >CHAPTER XXXL MAKING CONVERSA TION EEFEFECTIVE .- << << << 202 7.02325010900517 205

"1 2 1">APPENDIX A, FIFTY QUESTI I9).69)5›7.v0051777 205

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The Art of Public Speaking

Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J Berg Esenwein

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e "#1_1">THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

e "#1_1_1">CHAPTER I ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE

e "#1_1_2">CHAPTER II THE SIN OF MONOTONY

e "#1_1_3">CHAPTER III EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION

e "#1_1_4">CHAPTER IV EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH

e "#1_1_5">CHAPTER V EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE

e "#1_1_6">CHAPTER VI PAUSE AND POWER

e "#1_1_7">CHAPTER VII EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION

e "#1_1_8">CHAPTER VIII CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY

e "#1_1_9">CHAPTER IX FORCE

e "#1_1_10">CHAPTER X FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM

e "#1_1_11">CHAPTER XI FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION

e "#1_1_12">CHAPTER XII THE VOICE

e "#1_1_13">CHAPTER XIII VOICE CHARM

e "#1_1_14">CHAPTER XIV DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE

e "#1_1_15">CHAPTER XV THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE

e "#1_1_16">CHAPTER XVI METHODS OF DELIVERY

e "#1_1_18">CHAPTER XVII THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER

e "#1_1_19">CHAPTER XVIII SUBJECT AND PREPARATION

e "#1_1_20">CHAPTER XIX INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION

e "#1_1_21">CHAPTER XX INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION

e "#1_1_22">CHAPTER XXI INFLUENCING BY NARRATION

e "#1_1_23">CHAPTER XXII INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION

e "#1_1_24">CHAPTER XXIII INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT

e "#1_1_25">CHAPTER XXIV INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION

e "#1_1_26">CHAPTER XXV INFLUENCING THE CROWD

e "#1_1_27">CHAPTER XXVI RIDING THE WINGED HORSE

e "#1_1_28">CHAPTER XXVII GROWING A VOCABULARY

e "#1_1_29">CHAPTER XXVIII MEMORY TRAINING

e "#1_1_30">CHAPTER XXIX RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY

e "#1_1_31">CHAPTER XXX AFTER—DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING

e "#1_1_32">CHAPTER XXXI MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE

e "#1_2">APPENDICES

e "#1_2_1">APPENDIX A FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE

e"#1_2_2">APPENDIX B THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES

e "#1_2_3">APPENDIX C SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]

e "#1_2_4">APPENDIX D SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE

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The Art of Public Speaking

BY

J BERG ESENWEIN

AUTHOR OF

"HOW TO ATTRACT AND HOLD AN AUDIENCE,"

"WRITING THE SHORT-STORY,"

"WRITING THE PHOTOPLAY," ETC., ETC.,

AND

DALE CARNAGEY

PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE; INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING

THE WRITER'S LIBRARY

EDITED BY J BERG ESENWEIN

THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL

SPRINGFIELD, MASS

PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1915

THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO F ARTHUR METCALF

FELLOW-—WORKER AND FRIEND

Things to Think of First

A FOREWORD

The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power A book may be full of good ideas well expressed, but if its writer views his subject from the wrong angle even his excellent advice may prove to be ineffective

This book stands or falls by its authors’ attitude toward its subject If the best way to teach oneself or others to speak effectively in public is to fill the mind with rules, and to set up fixed standards for the interpretation of thought, the utterance of language, the making of gestures, and all the rest, then this book will be limited in value to such stray ideas throughout its pages as may prove helpful to the reader——as an effort to enforce a group of principles it must be reckoned a failure, because it is then untrue

It is of some importance, therefore, to those who take up this volume with open mind that they should see clearly at the out—start what is the thought that at once underlies and is builded through this structure In plain words it is this:

Training in public speaking is not a matter of externals—-—primarily; it is not a matter of imitation——fundamentally; it is not a matter of conformity to standards——at all Public speaking is public utterance, public issuance, of the man himself; therefore the first thing both in time and in importance is that the man should be and think and feel things that are worthy of being given forth Unless there be something of value within, no tricks of training can ever make of the talker anything more than a machine——albeit a highly perfected machine——for the delivery of other men's goods So self—development is fundamental in our plan The second principle lies close to the first: The man must enthrone his will to rule over his thought, his feelings, and all his physical powers, so that the outer self may give perfect, unhampered expression to the

inner It is futile, we assert, to lay down systems of rules for voice culture, intonation, gesture, and what not,

unless these two principles of having something to say and making the will sovereign have at least begun to make themselves felt in the life

The third principle will, we surmise, arouse no dispute: No one can learn how to speak who does not first speak as best he can That may seem like a vicious circle in statement, but it will bear examination

Many teachers have begun with the how Vain effort! It is an ancient truism that we learn to do by doing The first thing for the beginner in public speaking is to speak——not to study voice and gesture and the rest Once

he has spoken he can improve himself by self—observation or according to the criticisms of those who hear But how shall he be able to criticise himself? Simply by finding out three things: What are the qualities which

by common consent go to make up an effective speaker; by what means at least some of these qualities may

be acquired; and what wrong habits of speech in himself work against his acquiring and using the qualities which he finds to be good

Experience, then, is not only the best teacher, but the first and the last But experience must be a dual thing——the experience of others must be used to supplement, correct and justify our own experience; in this way we Shall become our own best critics only after we have trained ourselves in self—knowledge, the knowledge of what other minds think, and in the ability to judge ourselves by the standards we have come to believe are right "If I ought," said Kant, "I can."

An examination of the contents of this volume will show how consistently these articles of faith have been declared, expounded, and illustrated The student is urged to begin to speak at once of what he knows Then

he is given simple suggestions for self-control, with gradually increasing emphasis upon the power of the inner man over the outer Next, the way to the rich storehouses of material is pointed out And finally, all the