VII. HOW TO GATHER MATERIAL

VIII. THE ORDERING OF MATERIAL..

PART III

THE COMPOSITION OF AN ORATION

IX. THE COMPOSITION OF AN ORATION.

X. QUALITIES OF THE INTRODUCTION

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33

40

48

5.3

58

73

78

XI. THOUGHT AND STYLE OF THE CONCLUSION.. 86

XII. GENERAL QUALITIES OF ORATORICAL STYLE. 95

XIII. ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF ORATORICAL STYLE. 163

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196

XVI. Two LINES OF PREPARATION

XVII. THE DELIVERY OF THE ORATION.

PART V

SPEECHES FOR CAREFUL STUDY....

A LIST OF SPEECHES FOR FURTHER STUDY....

A LIST OF SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR ORATORICAL

209

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.407

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"Cross of Gold," The....William J. Bryan.......314

First Inaugural Address. .Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address ......Abraham Lincoln

Liverpool Speech

.Henry Ward Beecher....250

New South, The ........Henry W. Grady

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301

Paul to the Athenians....St. Paul

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Paul to the Jews ........St. Paul

386

..381

Paul's Speech to Agrippa..St. Paul

Philippine Question, The.. George F. Hoar

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.339

PART I

THE NATURE AND ELEMENTS OF ORATORY