Excerpt from A Manual of Elocution and Expression for Public Speakers and Readers: Especially Adapted for Use by Theological Students and Clergymen No claim is made for originality in this presenta tion of an art which has been ably expounded for ages. But it is mainly out of the author's own ex perience, not compiled, even in many passages which closely coincide with the teachings of others, and for which, therefore, no credit is given. 'if there are any special features, these may be found in the emphasis placed upon the muscular fiasz's of heat/z z'ag, which may be referred to works on anatomy. 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.