The Art of Public Speaking eBook

Stephen Lucas
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 590 pages of information about The Art of Public Speaking.

The Art of Public Speaking eBook

Stephen Lucas
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 590 pages of information about The Art of Public Speaking.

25.  THE SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE. 
    “The Job, the Man, and the Boss,” Katherine
    Blackford and Arthur Newcomb.

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 IN OKLAHOMA. 
    Article in Literary Digest, November 28, 1914.

30.  HATE AND THE NATION. 
    Article in Literary Digest, November 14, 1914.

APPENDIX C

SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]

With Occasional Hints on Treatment

1.  MOVIES AND MORALS.

2.  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.

3.  BENEFITS THAT FOLLOW DISASTERS. 
    Benefits that have arisen out of floods, fires, earthquakes, wars,
    etc.

4.  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.

5.  ST. PAUL’S MESSAGE TO NEW YORK. 
    Truths from the Epistles pertinent to the great cities of today.

6.  EDUCATION AND CRIME.

7.  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.

8.  EGOISM vs.  EGOTISM.

9.  BLUNDERS OF YOUNG FOGYISM.

10.  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.

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