Great Speeches: How To Make Them (160 page)
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.
It 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:
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It 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:
Great Speeches: How To Make Them (160 page)
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.
It 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:
It 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:
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| BN ID: | 2940013654716 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | NOOKbooks |
| Publication date: | 10/18/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 734 KB |
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