Oratory Sacred and SecularPART I. GENERAL PREPARATION.Reading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.INTRODUCTORY LETTER.PART I. GENERAL PREPARATION.Chapter I · THE WRITTEN AND EXTEMPORE DISCOURSE COMPARED.Chapter II · PREREQUISITES—INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCY—STRENGTH OF BODY—COMMAND OF LANGUAGE—COURAGE—FIRMNESS.Chapter III · BASIS OF SPEECH—THOUGHT AND EMOTION—HEART CULTIVATION.Chapter IV · ACQUIREMENTS.—KNOWLEDGE, GENERAL—OF BIBLE, OF THEOLOGY, OF MEN.Chapter V · CULTIVATION—IMAGINATION—LANGUAGE—GESTURE—CONFIDENCE.PART II. A SERMON.Chapter I · THE FOUNDATION—SUBJECT—OBJECT—TEXT.Chapter II · THE PLAN—THOUGHT-GATHERING—ARRANGING—COMMITTING.Chapter III · PRELIMINARIES—FEAR—VIGOR—OPENING EXERCISES.Chapter IV · THE DIVISIONS—INTRODUCTION—DISCUSSION—CONCLUSION.Chapter V · AFTER CONSIDERATIONS—SUCCESS—REST—IMPROVEMENT.PART III. MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES.Chapter I · INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS.Chapter II · MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESS—LEGAL—DELIBERATE—POPULAR—CONTROVERSIAL.PART IV. EMINENT EXTEMPORE SPEAKERS.PART IV. EMINENT EXTEMPORE SPEAKERS. (continued 2)APPENDIX.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTESPrevious chapter ←INTRODUCTORY LETTER.Next chapter →Part 1 — Chapter I · THE WRITTEN AND EXTEMPORE DISCOURSE COMPARED.All chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.INTRODUCTORY LETTER.Parts1Part 1 · Chapters12345Parts2Part 2 · Chapters12345Parts3Part 3 · Chapters12Parts44Part 4 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES13◇← INTRODUCTORY LETTER.CHAPTER I. THE WRITTEN AND EXTEMPORE DISCOURSE COMPARED. →