THE TRAINING OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER
BY
GRENVILLE KLEISER
Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity
School, Yale University. Author of "How to Speak
in Public," "Great Speeches and How to Make
Them," "Complete Guide to Public Speak-
ing," "How to Build Mental Power,"
"Talks on Talking," etc., etc.
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1920
Copyright, 1920, by
GRENVILLE KLEISER
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, February, 1920
Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of thePan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910
CONTENTS
PREFACE
The power of eloquence to move and persuade men is universallyrecognized. To-day the public speaker plays a vital part in the solutionof every great question and problem. Oratory, in the true sense, is nota lost art, but a potent means of imparting information, instruction,and persuasion.
Eloquence is still "the appropriate organ of the highest personalenergy." As one has well said, "The orator is not compelled to waitthrough long and weary years to reap the reward of his labors. Histriumphs are instantaneous."
And again, "To stand up before a vast assembly composed of men of themost various callings, views, passions, and prejudices, and mold them atwill;[Pg vi] to play upon their hearts and minds as a master upon the keys ofa piano; to convince their understandings by the logic, and to thrilltheir feelings by the art of the orator; to see every eye watching hisface, and every ear intent on the words that drop from his lips; to seeindifference changed to breathless interest, and