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.

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.

24.  FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 
    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.

42.  TAXES AND HIGHER EDUCATION. 
    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.

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