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Publisher: Mariebooks
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
P ublic Speaking by Clarence Stratton is a guidebook on the art of effective communication, likely written in the early 20th century. The book seeks to educate readers on various aspects of public speaking, emphasizing the importance of speech in human interaction and the various techniques necessary to become an effective speaker. It touches on elements like speech preparation, voice modulation, and the use of appropriate language. At the start of Public Speaking, the author lays the foundation for understanding the significance of speech throughout history and in modern society. Stratton explains that speech has been the primary means of human communication and has played a crucial role in influencing social change and political action. He discusses the value of public speaking in diverse settings, arguing that clear articulation and persuasive expression are vital for success in various fields, including business and politics. The text outlines how speech is an acquired skill that requires practice and training, setting up the premise for the practical guidance that follows in subsequent chapters.
I mportance of Speech. There never has been in the history of the world a time when the spoken word has been equaled in value and importance by any other means of communication. If one traces the development of mankind from what he considers its earliest stage he will find that the wandering family of savages depended entirely upon what its members said to one another. A little later when a group of families made a clan or tribe the individuals still heard the commands of the leader, or in tribal council voiced their own opinions. The beginnings of poetry show us the bard who recited to his audiences. Drama, in all primitive societies a valuable spreader of knowledge, entertainment, and religion, is entirely oral. In so late and well-organized communities as the city republics of Greece all matters were discussed in open assemblies of the rather small populations. Every great epoch of the world's progress shows the supreme importance of speech upon human action-individual and collective. In the Roman Forum were made speeches that affected the entire ancient world. Renaissance Italy, imperial Spain, unwieldy Russia, freedom-loving England, revolution-
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