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... sounds 353 2. Projection of sounds 355 3. Tone - placing 355 4. Strength 5. Breathing 356 356 B. Purity .... 1. Economy of breath 2. Relaxation of the throat 358 ... 358 359 C. Volume ... D. Directness 360 361 1. Conversing with the ...
... sounds 353 2. Projection of sounds 355 3. Tone - placing 355 4. Strength 5. Breathing 356 356 B. Purity .... 1. Economy of breath 2. Relaxation of the throat 358 ... 358 359 C. Volume ... D. Directness 360 361 1. Conversing with the ...
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... sounds . He is able to make noises , but he has not acquired the power of articulate utterance . When he comes into the world , he has a body with the power of motion , but he must acquire control of his muscles for purposes of ...
... sounds . He is able to make noises , but he has not acquired the power of articulate utterance . When he comes into the world , he has a body with the power of motion , but he must acquire control of his muscles for purposes of ...
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... sound facts which you have verified , if possible by personal investigation . Try to give your audience something definite to think about and to act upon . Avoid vague theories and " snap " judgments . Try to make your ideas " attack ...
... sound facts which you have verified , if possible by personal investigation . Try to give your audience something definite to think about and to act upon . Avoid vague theories and " snap " judgments . Try to make your ideas " attack ...
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... sound and his cause righteous . Often the speaker's own thoughts become stale to him . Old ideas cease to stimulate as strongly as when they were new . By reading and discussion , the enthusiasm of the speaker is revived . His mind is ...
... sound and his cause righteous . Often the speaker's own thoughts become stale to him . Old ideas cease to stimulate as strongly as when they were new . By reading and discussion , the enthusiasm of the speaker is revived . His mind is ...
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... sound convictions , I shall be immensely glad ; ( Applause ) but if I cannot car- ry you with me by facts and sound arguments , I do not wish you to go with me at all ; and all that I ask is simply fair play . Those of you who are kind ...
... sound convictions , I shall be immensely glad ; ( Applause ) but if I cannot car- ry you with me by facts and sound arguments , I do not wish you to go with me at all ; and all that I ask is simply fair play . Those of you who are kind ...
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Page 303 - The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.
Page 236 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never!
Page 133 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Page 339 - What does he do — this hero in gray with a heart of gold? Does he sit down in sullenness and despair? Not for a day. Surely God, who had stripped him of his prosperity, inspired him in his adversity. As ruin was never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldier stepped from the trenches into the furrow; horses that had charged Federal guns marched before the plow, and fields that ran red with hurman blood in April were green with the harvest in June...
Page 301 - A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal: "Water, water, we die of thirst." The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are.
Page 338 - Let me picture to you the footsore Confederate soldier, as buttoning up in his faded gray jacket the parole which was to bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged...
Page 134 - So you creak it, and I want the heart to scold. Dear dead women, with such hair, too — what's become of all the gold Used to hang and brush their bosoms? I feel chilly and grown old.
Page 108 - I have, Senators, believed from the first, that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion.
Page 235 - ... which surround it. The desperate state of our arms abroad is in part known. No man thinks more highly of them than I do. I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor.
Page 280 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...