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Books mentioned in The Art of Public Speaking (60)
Psychology by Daniel Putnam: “Attention of this sort is the prime condition of the most productive mental labor. --DANIEL PUTNAM, _Psychology_.”
Don Juan by George Gordon Byron: “And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety. --BYRON, _Don Juan_.”
Literary Character by Isaac Disraeli: “Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit that hovers over the production of genius. --ISAAC DISRAELI, _Literary Character_.”
De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero: “In all matters before beginning a diligent preparation should be made. --CICERO, _De Officiis_.”
In Memoriam by Alfred Tennyson: “There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. --TENNYSON, _In Memoriam_.”
Lady Clara Vere de Vere by Alfred Tennyson: “And simple faith than Norman blood. --TENNYSON, _Lady Clara Vere de Vere_.”
The Pleasures of Hope by Thomas Campbell: “And robes the mountain in its azure hue. --CAMPBELL, _Pleasures of Hope_.”
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: “And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. --GOLDSMITH, _The Deserted Village_.”
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine: “My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. --PAINE, _Rights of Man_.”
The Moral Essays by Alexander Pope: “But bribes a senate, and the land's betray'd. --POPE, _Moral Essays_.”
Othello by William Shakespeare: “O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! --SHAKESPEARE, _Othello_.”
Invictus by William Ernest Henley: “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. --HENLEY, _Invictus_.”
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson: “I am sure we should all be happy as kings. --STEVENSON, _A Child's Garden of Verses_.”
Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson: “If your morals are dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. --STEVENSON, _Essays_.”
Christus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit! --LONGFELLOW, _Christus_.”
The Tattler by John Addison: “knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured. --JOSEPH ADDISON, _The Tattler_.”
L'Allegro by John Milton: “_FROM MILTON'S "L'ALLEGRO"_ Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity,”
The Sea by Barry Cornwall: “_THE SEA_ The sea, the sea, the open sea, The blue, the fresh, the fever free;”
The Brook by Alfred Tennyson: “_THE BROOK_ I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.”
Works and Days by Hesiod: “In man speaks God. --HESIOD, _Words and Days_.”
Iliad by Homer: “Ben Jonson could repeat all he had written. Scaliger memorized the Iliad in three weeks.”
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “What do you read, my lord?" Hamlet replied, "Words. Words. Words." That is a world-old trouble.”
Before an Audience by Nathan Sheppard: “Lord Chesterfield started up and cried: "Good God, he is gone!" --NATHAN SHEPPARD, _Before an Audience_.”
How Plants Grow by Asa Gray: “That little book of Grant Allen's called "How Plants Grow" exhibits trees and shrubs as eating, drinking and marrying.”
Hints from Horace by George Gordon Byron: “Nor lift your load, before you're quite aware What weight your shoulders will, or will not, bear. --BYRON, _Hints from Horace_.”
Thinking and Learning to Think by Nathan C. Schaeffer: “Suppose you set to work somewhat in this way to gather references on "Thinking:" First you look over your book titles, and there is Schaeffer's "Thinking and Learning to Think."”
Talk to Students on the Art of Study by Frank Cramer: “Near it is Kramer's "Talks to Students on the Art of Study"--that seems likely to provide some material, and it does.”
Acres of Diamond by Russel H. Conwell: “like Dr. Russell Conwell's lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," five thousand times.”
The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon: “of the power of God, the difference of nature, and the use of man. --LORD BACON, _The Advancement of Learning_.”
Lay Sermons by Thomas Henry Huxley: “simply uses with scrupulous exactness the methods which we all habitually, and at every moment, use carelessly. --THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, _Lay Sermons_.”
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare: “and will you yet call yourself young? Fie, fie, fie, Sir John! --SHAKESPEARE, _The Merry Wives of Windsor_.”
Windsor Forest by Alexander Pope: “Live in description, and look green in song. --ALEXANDER POPE, _Windsor Forest_.”
Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Nature is forever putting a premium on reality."”
Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn: “flinging to the sky the golden spray of its decoration. --LAFCADIO HEARN, _Chinese Ghosts_.”
An Iceland Fisherman by Pierre Loti: “and lift up a howl like wild beasts. --PIERRE LOTI, _An Iceland Fisherman_.”
College Friends by Edmondo De Amicis: “the exuberant life and spirits of those far-off days.[23] --EDMONDO DE AMICIS, _College Friends_.”
A Gossip on Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson: “rattle with his whip upon the green shutters at the inn at Burford. --R.L. STEVENSON, _A Gossip on Romance_.”
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens: “cried aloud, "Behold the moral Pecksniff!" --CHARLES DICKENS, _Martin Chuzzlewit_.”
Literary Studies by Walter Bagehot: “and then letting it come. --WALTER BAGEHOT, _Literary Studies_.”
On History by Thomas Carlyle: “Thus, as we do nothing but enact History, we say little but recite it. --THOMAS CARLYLE, _On History_.”
Public Speaking and Debate by George Jacob Holyoake: “leaving minute and technical discussions to such excellent works as George P. Baker's "The Principles of Argumentation," and George Jacob Holyoake's "Public Speaking and Debate."”
Digest of International Law by J. B. Moore: “Digest of International Law," by J.B. Moore. Report of Penfield of proceedings before Hague Tribunal in 1903.”
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare: “When she will play with reason and discourse, And well she can persuade. --SHAKESPEARE, _Measure for Measure_.”
Eloquence by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Beveridge in an introduction to one of the volumes of "Modern Eloquence," says: "The profoundest feeling among the masses, the most influential element in their character, is the religious element.”
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: “Let not a traitor live! --SHAKESPEARE, _Julius Cæsar_.”
Marco Bozzaris by Fitz-Greene Halleck: “Strike--for the green graves of your sires, God--and your native land! --FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, _Marco Bozzaris_.”
Crowds by Gerald Stanley Lee: “the art of touching the imaginations of the crowds. --GERALD STANLEY LEE, _Crowds_.”
Literary Character of Men of Genius by Isaac Disraeli: “the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. --ISAAC DISRAELI, _Literary Character of Men of Genius_.”
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: “A local habitation and a name. --SHAKESPEARE, _Midsummer-Night's Dream_.”
Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers: “Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway! --SAMUEL ROGERS, _Pleasures of Memory_.”
Civil and Moral Discourse by Francis Bacon: “And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. --FRANCIS BACON, Essay on _Civil and Moral Discourse_.”
Essays: Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student. --EMERSON, _Essays: Circles_.”
Writing and Speaking by Charles Sears Baldwin: “In a word, the principle of emphasis...is followed best, not by remembering particular rules, but by being full of a particular feeling. --C.S. BALDWIN, _Writing and Speaking_.”
Toussant l'Ouverture by Wendel Phillips: “the name of the _soldier_, the _statesman_, the _martyr_, _TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE_. --WENDELL PHILLIPS, _Toussaint l'Ouverture_.”
Holy Fair by Robert Burns: “Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath, He's stampin' an' he's jumpin'. --ROBERT BURNS, _Holy Fair_.”
Miscellaneous Essays by George Saintsbury: “--GEORGE SAINTSBURY, on _English Prose Style_, in _Miscellaneous Essays_.”
The Working Principles of Rhetoric by John Franklin Genung: “as if some pin or fastening had fallen out. --JOHN FRANKLIN GENUNG, _The Working Principles of Rhetoric_.”
The Task by William Cowper: “Where Memory slept. --WILLIAM COWPER, _The Task_.”
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson: “indescribable quiet talk of the runnel over the stones. --ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, _Travels with a Donkey_.”