Excerpt from Modern Short Speeches: Ninety-Eight Complete Examples Since the publication of Models of Speech Composition, there have come to me and to the publishers, many statements concerning a need for such a collection as the one here presented. Such expressions have called for a small volume to sell for a relatively low price, and in general to fit a simpler situation than that for which Models of Speech Composition was designed. Our first plan was to try to serve this need with an abridged edition of the Models, but on further considera tion, it was decided to make a new collection to be issued under a different title. We decided to use all of the material in the Models that seemed to be well fitted to this new volume, and to add sufficient other examples to give a complete col lection of simple short speeches. In this collection, as will be observed, all of the speeches are short. They are all mod ern, none having been delivered before 1890. Of course all of the speeches are complete. The forensic and legislative speeches, formal eulogies, sermons, and the longer and more elaborate examples of the other types, have been left out. The aim has been to present as large a number as possible of excellent examples of short, simple, dignified speeches of the kinds that are so frequently required of almost all col lege and university students - in fact of almost all men and women today who take any active part in the world in which they live. This volume is devoted to that type of pub lic speaking which all intelligent people not only can learn how to do well, but should learn how to do well if they wish to prepare at all adequately for an active and useful life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.