{"product_id":"2940015781168","title":"Dickson's How to Speak In Public","description":"Nearly every person is called upon on occasions to speak a few words in public, and one who has had training welcomes the opportunity. For those who have not had this training this book is especially pre­pared. It presents the prospective speaker with the necessary material together with instructions and sug­gestions that enable him to do justice to the occasion.\u003cbr\u003eThe busy man and woman have no time for courses in elocution, oratory, etc. Usually the call to speak comes unexpectedly, and in the shortest possible time preparation must be made. The demand is, therefore, for something which can be put to immediate, prac­tical use, and these.requirements were held as essential throughout the preparation of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRATORY supplies the most sublime gratification which the gods have to give.   To subdue the audience and blend mind with mind affords an intoxi­cation beyond the ambrosia of Elysium.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sophocles pictured the god Mercury seizing upon the fairest daughter of earth and carrying her away through the realms of space, he had in mind the power of the orator, which through love lifts up humanity and sways men by a burst of feeling that brooks no resistance. Oratory is the child of democracy: it pleads for the weak, for the many against the few, and no great speech was ever yet given save in behalf of mankind. The orator feels their joys, their sorrows, their hopes, their desires, their aspirations, their sufferings, their pains. They may have wandered far, but his arms are opened wide for their return. Here alone does soul respond to soul. And it is love, alone, that fuses feeling so that all are of one mind and mood. Oratory is an exercise of power.\u003cbr\u003eHenry Dickson, founder and principal of the DICKSON SCHOOL OF MEMORY, is the author of a new book on oratory which is of interest to every man who wishes to understand the joy of this exercise of power.\u003cbr\u003eThe name of Professor Dickson's book is \"How to Speak in Public.\" It contains valuable instruction by this famous memory expert. Professor Dickson has done his work well, and has shown a charming insight into the heart of his subject.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into chapters, which makes it easy to use, as you can turn to the subject which concerns you most, quickly.","brand":"Public Speaking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157040644336,"sku":"2940015781168","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015781168_p0.jpg?v=1763624459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015781168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}