Table of Contents THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST—A FOREWORD ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE THE SIN OF MONOTONY EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE PAUSE AND POWER EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY FORCE FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION THE VOICE VOICE CHARM DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE METHODS OF DELIVERY THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER SUBJECT AND PREPARATION INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION INFLUENCING BY NARRATION INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION INFLUENCING THE CROWD RIDING THE WINGED HORSE GROWING A VOCABULARY MEMORY TRAINING RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES, WITH SOURCE-REFERENCES SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES; HINTS FOR TREATMENT SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE