GRENVILLE KLEISER
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION AIMS AND PURPOSES OF SPEAKING
MODEL SPEECHES FOR PRACTISE
AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
ENGLAND, MOTHER OF NATIONS BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON
THE AGE OF RESEARCH BY WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
ADDRESS OF WELCOME [1] BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
GOOD WILL TO AMERICA [2] BY SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT
THE QUALITIES THAT WIN BY CHARLES SUMNER
THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACE BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
WOMAN BY HORACE PORTER
TRIBUTE TO HERBERT SPENCER BY WILLIAM M. EVARTS
THE EMPIRE STATE [3] MR. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
MEN OF LETTERS BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
LITERATURE AND POLITICS BY JOHN MORLEY
GENERAL SHERMAN BY CARL SCHURZ
ORATION OVER ALEXANDER HAMILTON [4] BY GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
EULOGY OF McKINLEY BY GROVER CLEVELAND
DECORATION DAY [5] BY THOMAS W. HIGGINSON
FAITH IN MANKIND [6] BY ARTHUR T. HADLEY
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN [7] BY MARTIN W. LITTLETON
CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTON [8] BY WILLIAM McKINLEY
"LET FRANCE BE FREE!" [9] BY GEORGE JACQUES DANTON
SONS OF HARVARD [10] BY CHARLES DEVENS
WAKE UP, ENGLAND! [11] BY KING GEORGE
ADVERTISEMENTS
HOW TO ARGUE AND WIN By GRENVILLE KLEISER
Self-Confidence in Speech and Manner By GRENVILLE KLEISER
