Successful Methods of Public Speaking

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SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

By Grenville Kleiser
Inspiration and Ideals How to Build Mental Power How to Develop Self-Confidence in
Speech and Manner How to Read and Declaim How to Speak in Public How to Develop
Power and Personality in Speaking Great Speeches and How to Make Them How to
Argue and Win Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience Complete Guide to Public
Speaking Talks on Talking Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases The World's Great Sermons
Mail Course in Public Speaking Mail Course in Practical English How to Speak Without
Notes Something to Say: How to Say It Successful Methods of Public Speaking Model
Speeches for Practise The Training of a Public Speaker How to Sell Through Speech

Impromptu Speeches: How to Make Them Word-Power: How to Develop It Christ: The
Master Speaker Vital English for Speakers and Writers

Successful Methods of Public Speaking
BY GRENVILLE KLEISER
_Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University.
Author of "How to Speak in Public," "Great Speeches and How to Make Them,"
"Complete Guide to Public Speaking," "How to Build Mental Power," "Talks on
Talking," etc., etc._
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1919
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
GRENVILLE KLEISER
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, February, 1920
Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American
Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910

PREFACE
As you carefully study the successful methods of public speakers, as briefly set forth in
this book, you will observe that there is nothing that can be substituted for personal
sincerity. Unless you thoroughly believe in the message you wish to convey to others,
you are not likely to impress them favorably.
It was said of an eminent British orator, that when one heard him speak in public, one
instinctively felt that there was something finer in the man than in anything he said.
Therein lies the key to successful oratory. When the truth of your message is deeply
engraved on your own mind; when your own heart has been touched as by a living flame;
when your own character and personality testify to the innate sincerity and nobility of
your life, then your speech will be truly eloquent, and men will respond to your fervent
appeal.

GRENVILLE KLEISER.
New York City, August, 1919.

CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE v
SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING 11
STUDY OF MODEL SPEECHES 55
HISTORY OF PUBLIC SPEAKING 91
EXTRACTS FOR STUDY, WITH LESSON TALK 117
HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC 145

SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
You can acquire valuable knowledge for use in your own public speaking by studying the
successful methods of other men. This does not mean, however, that you are to imitate
others, but simply to profit by their experience and suggestions in so far as they fit in
naturally with your personality.
All successful speakers do not speak alike. Each man has found certain things to be
effective in his particular case, but which would not necessarily be suited to a different
type of speaker.
When, therefore, you read the following methods of various men, ask yourself in each
case whether you can apply the ideas to advantage in your own speaking. Put the method
to a practical test, and decide for yourself whether it is advisable for you to adopt it or
not.
Requirements of Effective Speaking
There are certain requirements in public speaking which you and every other speaker
must observe. You must be grammatical, intelligent, lucid, and sincere. These are
essential. You must know your subject thoroughly, and have the ability to put it into
pleasing and persuasive form.
But beyond these considerations there are many things which must be left to your
temperament, taste, and individuality. To compel you to speak according to inflexible
rules would make you not an orator but an automaton.

The temperamental differences in successful speakers have been very great. One eminent
speaker used practically no gesture; another was in almost constant action. One was quiet,
modest, and conversational in his speaking style; another was impulsive and resistless as
a mountain torrent.
It is safe to say that