{"product_id":"2940012433459","title":"Great Speeches: How To Make Them ((160-page eBook)","description":"This is the day of concise speech. The tedious, long-drawn-out oratory of former times is no longer tolerated by intelligent audiences. There is a silent but no less insistent demand that a speaker waste no time in words, but give expression to his ideas with reasonable brevity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is surprising how much can be said in the space of one minute by a speaker who has his subject well in hand. The most notable example in all history of short speech-making is Lincoln's Gettysburg speech, which occupied in delivery less than three minutes. At the inauguration of the new president of Harvard University, the Hon. John D. Long, president of the Board of Overseers, carried out the impressive ceremony of the day, investing President Lowell with the ceremonial emblems of the office, in a speech of three sentences, as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbott Lawrence Lowell, you having been duly chosen to be President of Harvard College, I now, in the name of its governing bodies and in accordance with ancient custom, declare that you are vested with all the powers and privileges of that office. It is a great trust, but it is laid on you in full confidence that you will discharge it in the interest alike of the college we love and of the democracy it serves. I deliver into your hands, as badges of your authority, the college charter, seals and keys. God bless you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 4\u003cbr\u003eWhat to Say 10\u003cbr\u003eHow to Say It 17\u003cbr\u003eSources of Power 23\u003cbr\u003eFigures of Emphasis 38\u003cbr\u003eThe Rhetoric of Public Speaking 36\u003cbr\u003eExtempore Speaking 45\u003cbr\u003eGesture and Action 52\u003cbr\u003eAnalysis of Webster's Reply to Hayne 57\u003cbr\u003eTypes of Speaking 69\u003cbr\u003eAfter-Dinner Speeches 79\u003cbr\u003eCommemorative Speeches 90\u003cbr\u003eDidactic Speeches 99\u003cbr\u003eEulogistic Speeches 112\u003cbr\u003eInaugural Speeches 148","brand":"Nook Ebook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152455254256,"sku":"2940012433459","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012433459_p0.jpg?v=1763568942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012433459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}