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Excerpt from The Book of Public Speaking, Vol. 1
The art of public speaking is one thing - eloquence is another. Often one hears successful examples of the former far removed from the latter. The mere ability to speak ¿uently is not uncommon, but far more important than the mere ¿ow of language is the power of putting forward convincingly the views and Opinions which the speaker desires to impart. When to that ability is added the gift of polished and ¿uent diction, the added attraction of real eloquence, then one has the orator, although there are singularly few in the present age who can truthfully lay claim to that distinction.
By the very nature of things real eloquence must be a diminishing quantity, and the dominating factor driving to that end is the growing cult of unemotionalism broadening wide Spread down through the Universities and Public Schools to the great middle-class. To-day the appeal is to the intellect, to the reason of one's audience.
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