The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power. A book may be full of good ideas well expressed, but if its writer views his subject from the wrong angle even his excellent advice may prove to be ineffective. This book stands or falls by its authors' attitude toward its subject. If the best way to teach oneself or others to speak effectively in public is to fill the mind with rules, and to set up fixed standards for the interpretation of thought, the utterance of language,. | The Art of Public Speaking Dale Carnagey AKA Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein The Art of Public Speaking Table of Contents The Art of Public Dale Carnagey AKA Dale Carnegie and J. Berg 1 1 THE ART OF PUBLIC 1 1 1 CHAPTER I. ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN 1 1 2 CHAPTER II. THE SIN OF 1 1 3 CHAPTER III. EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND 1 1 4 CHAPTER IV. EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF 1 1 5 CHAPTER V. EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF 1 1 6 CHAPTER VI. PAUSE AND 1 1 7 CHAPTER VII. EFFICIENCY THROUGH 1 1 8 CHAPTER VIII. CONCENTRATION IN 1 1 9 CHAPTER IX. 1 1 10 CHAPTER X. FEELING AND 1 1 11 CHAPTER XI. FLUENCY THROUGH 1 1 12 CHAPTER XII. THE 1 1 13 CHAPTER XIII. VOICE 1 1 14 CHAPTER XIV. DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF 1 1 15 CHAPTER XV. THE TRUTH ABOUT 1 1 16 CHAPTER XVI. METHODS OF 1 1 18 CHAPTER XVII. THOUGHT AND RESERVE 1 1 19 CHAPTER XVIII. SUBJECT AND 1 1 20 CHAPTER XIX. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 21 CHAPTER XX. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 22 CHAPTER XXI. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 23 CHAPTER XXII. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 24 CHAPTER XXIII. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 25 CHAPTER XXIV. INFLUENCING BY 1 1 26 CHAPTER XXV. INFLUENCING THE 1 1 27 CHAPTER XXVI. RIDING THE WINGED 1 1 28 CHAPTER XXVII. GROWING A 1 1 29 CHAPTER XXVIII. MEMORY TRAINING .187 1 1 30 CHAPTER XXIX. RIGHT THINKING AND 1 1 31 CHAPTER XXX. AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL 1 1 32 CHAPTER XXXI. MAKING CONVERSATION 1 2 1 2 1 APPENDIX A. FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR 1 2 2 APPENDIX B. THIRTY THEMES FOR 1 2 3 APPENDIX C. SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHESI36 .209 1 2 4 APPENDIX D. SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND i The
