Public speaking

Public speaking is a type of speech intended to influence the audience through both hearing and sight. It is innate to humans, like singing and speech. That is why you find traces of it among the ancients in the sacred books of India and the books of Egypt, Persia, and China. There is no doubt that the great deeds of heroism, generosity, and glory that were written on the face of time were motivated by the speeches of individuals who were distinguished by quickness of mind, strength of character, boldness of thought, and eloquence of speech, from the heroes of Omeros to Alexander and Caesar, to Peter the Hermit and Thomas Aquinas, to Luther and Calvin, to Mirabeau and Danton. And Robespierre, to Disraeli and Gladstone, to Thiards and Gambetta, to Jaures yesterday and Mussolini today. Rhetoric is still the tool of persuasion and the greatest factor in arousing enthusiasm, alerting resolves, and arousing feelings. With it, Solon aroused the enthusiasm of the Athenians, so they fought the depths of death to retrieve "e;peaceful"e;. With it, Cicero led the Roman people hanging on his lips from the courthouse to the market place, and from the market place to the courthouse.