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Excerpt from The Principles of Eloquence: Containing Hints to Public Speakers
HE firlt thing to which a {peaker ought to at T tend, when he gets up, is to make himfelf heard, not only with cafe to himfelf, but to thofe who com pofe his auditory for if he is not heard without diffi culty by them, they will not give themfelves the trouble of attending, as they are unwilling to plague themfelves about that which requires fo much of' their attention. Befides the ear being at fuch great pains to make out the womb, the mind would be thereby inattentive to the matter delivered.
To avoid thefe inconveniences, youxought to have a clear firong voice, fo that you may be able to fill the place in which you fpeak, and that your tones may reach, the ear of the farthefi: perfon in the afl'embly. Some people have this power naturally, and in this te fpeét are peculiarly fortunate, if they difcharge their duty by improving it to the belt advantage. But by thofe Whom nature has not fo favoured, great things may be done, if they call in the affi?ance of art, fup pofing there is nothing defective in their organs of fpeech, for in that cafe it would be much better for them to turn their mind to fome other purfuit than that which requires a public delivery.
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