Abstract terms, 73

Absurdity, reducing to an, 160
Adams, John Quincy, quotation from,
166

Adjectives that describe motions, 74
Affirmative, relation to question, 127;

relation to burden of proof, 128;
usually advocates a change, 128;
privilege of, 129

After-dinner speech, characteristics of,
282; three kinds of, 284
Agriculture, address at dedication of
College of, 239

Alden, R. M., quotation from, 139, 170,

205

Alternates, choice of, 197
Alternative, 162

Analogy, how to refute, 160
Analysis of a question for debate,

144-150; definition of, 144; divided
into two steps, 144; value of, 148
Argument, purpose and definition, 61;
distinctive feature of plan for, 84;
discussion of, 120; relation to per-
suasion, 120; how to test, 157;
nature of introduction to, 182;
kinds which may be used in an ora-
tion, 245

Arnold, Sir Edwin, speech introducing,
276
Articulation, 12

Association, law of, 43

Athletic Club, address at laying the

corner stone of, 244

Atlanta Exposition, address at the
opening of, 235

Attitude of a debater, 204-206; toward

his subject, 204; toward his oppo-
nents, 205; as a loser, 205; as a
winner, 206

Audience, consideration of when plan-
ning speech, 68; 228

Body of a speech, plan for unity in,
81

Book, position of, 10

Books, how to find references to, 135
Breath, control of, 10

Brief, a, the making of, 166–172; in-
dention of, 167; symbols in, 168;
complete sentence in, 168; relation
of subordinate points to main points,
168; partition in, 169; coherence
in, 183; emphasis in, 184; of speech
on Morocco, 189; specimen, Ap-
pendix V, 521-523, arranged for
two or three speakers, Appendix V,
324-325

Briefs, right and wrong use of, 166;
list of, Appendix VI, 326-332
Brooks, Phillips, extract from, 108
Browning, Robert, extract from, 36
Bryan, W. J., extract from, 211, 220
Bryant, William Cullen, speech by, 232
Bryce, James, quotation from, 58; ex-
tract from, 274

Burke, Edmund, extract from, 65;
use scientific facts, 70; quotation
from, 124

Burns, Robert, eulogy on, 232

Brudin a

Cicero, quotation from, 184

Citizenship, influenced by studying the
art of speaking, 4, 122
Clark, S. H., rule of, 23

Clash of opinion, how to make, 146;
specimen, Appendix V, 319-320
Clay, Henry, use of impromptu method,
88

Climax, how expressed in reading, 28;
in a sentence, 110; means of em-
phasis, 113

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Close of a speech, what to do at the, 48
Coherence, meaning of in a speech, 82;
how to secure by a plan, 82; in a
narration, 103; in a description,
104; gained by use of connective
words, 112; gained by similar con-
struction, 112; in a brief, 168; in
the development of a speech, 183;
in a closing refutation speech, 218
Coleridge, S. T., quotation from, 228
Collection, necessity of, 74; form of,

74; how to enlarge, 75; how to
classify specimens in, 75

Columbian Oration, extract from, 243
Commemorative address, occasions for,

247; historical nature of, 247;
more than a narrative, 248; list of,
Appendix X, 340-341
Commencement oration, choice of sub-

ject for, 249; suggestions for treat-
ment of, 250

Comparison as a method of developing
ideas, 70

Composition, discussion of, Part II,

58-119; compared to a stream, 186
Compound sentence, correct formation
of, 110; incorrect, III
Conciliation with the Colonies, extract
from, 65
Conciseness, 113

Conclusion, how to develop for unity,
81; how to test, 157-159; examples
of, 209; brevity of, 215; purposes
of, 216; personal, 216; three kinds
of emphatic, 217

Concord Oration, extract from, 212
Concrete terms, 74; material, 185
Conferences, method of conducting, 198;
value of, 200

Congressional Record, use of, 135
Connectives, means of coherence, 112;
list of, 118

Conservatism, extract from, 97
Constructive case of negative, 129
Contrast, expression of, in reading, 23;
in a compound sentence, IIO
Conversation, basis of reading, 23
Cooper Union Speech, extract from,
153

Corn Law League, address before, 109
Corson, Hiram, quotation from, 49
Criticism, suggestions in regard to, 14;
in practice debates, 200
Cummins, Senator Albert Baird, extract
from, 100

Curry, S. S., quotations from, 23, 28
Curtis, George William, extracts from,
66, 97, 212, 213; use of historical

facts, 69; use of concrete terms, 74

Daniel, John W., extract from, 100
Debate, game of, 120-125; purpose of,

120; defined, 121; winner of, 121;
value of understanding, 122; rela-
tion to life, 122; effect on citizen-
ship, 122; on sincerity, 123; as an
exercise, 124; practice, how con-
ducted, 127

Declamation, resemblance to public
speaking, 42; memorized reading,
42; poise, 46; gesture, 48
Declarative sentence, 114
Decoration Day, Oration on, extract
from, 211

Dedicatory address, discussion of, 248;
examples of, 229-243

Defects of voice, possibility of over-
coming, 14

Definition of a question for debate, 145;
how to find, 145; prepared by both
affirmative and negative, 146; quib-
bling to be avoided, 146

Delivery, meaning of, 8; conversational,
46

Demosthenes, methods of, 15
Depew, Chauncey M., extract from,
211, 243, 244; speech of, 271, 276,
278
Description, definition and purpose, 60;
how used by speakers, 61; unity in,
104; coherence in, 104; emphasis
in, 105; examples of, 99-101
Development of a speech from a brief,
181-186

Dewey, Admiral, presentation of cup
to, 278

Dickens, Charles, speech of, 54; refer-

ence to Charles Lamb, 69; habit of
observation, 70

Dictionary, use of when studying a

reading lesson, 25; in writing, 72;
in defining a question for debate, 145
Dilemma, 161

Directness, means of emphasis, 113
Discourse, the speaker's use of the four

forms of, 62

Double-team system, value of, 197
Dramatic representation, faults in, 49

Ear, the, how to train, 14
Earnestness, quality of the persuasive
speaker, 226

Effect to cause, reasoning from, 158;
how to refute, 159
Emerson, R. W., extract from, 34
Emphasis, definition of, in reading, 20;
distribution of, 27; meaning of, in
composition, 82; how to secure
through a plan, 82; in narration,
103; in description, 105; in a sen-
tence, 113; in a brief, 167; in the
development of a speech, 184; in a
closing refutation speech, 194
Equipment, the speaker's, meaning of,
68

Esenwein, J. Berg, quotation from, 88,
139

Eulogy, the, occasions for, 246; more
than a biography, 246; handling of,

247

Example, argument from, how to refute,
195

Exclamatory sentence, use in oratory,

114

Exposition, purpose and definition, 61;
plan for, 85

Extempore method, description of,
89-93; how to avoid dangers of,
90; three merits of, 92

Fact, known, to unknown effect, 158;
to unknown cause, 158

Facts, an element of proof, 155; how
to test, 156

Fallacy, definition of, 164; examples
of, 165

Farewell address, 266

Feeling, necessity of, in reading, 28
Feet, position of, 10

Field, David Dudley, extract from, 211
Fisher, Harry Johnson, speech of, 279
Foster, W. T., quotation from, 124
Fox, Charles James, frequent practice
in Parliament, 93; quotation from,
184

Fox, W. F., extract from, 109
Frietchie, Barbara, 39

Garfield, James A., extract from, 220
Generalizations, how to test, 157
General terms, 127

Gesture, defined, 48; two classes of, 49;
result of impulse, 49; faults in, 49;
quotations from Phillips and Corson,

49

Gettysburg Address, The, 38
Gift, presentation of, example of, 278,

279; acceptance of, examples of,
279, 281; discussion of, 285
Gladstone, William Ewart, acceptance
of a gift by, 279

Grady, Henry W., extracts from, 34,

35, 99, 209

Grant, Ulysses S., extract from eulogy
on, 67

Graves, J. T., extract from, 36

Hadley, Arthur Twining, extract from,
261; speech of, 281

Hamilton, Alexander, quotation from,

132

Hands, problem of, 47

Haste, fault of, in beginning a decla-
mation, 46

Havana, description of, 100

Hay, John, extract from, 209