Excerpt from A Guide to Forming and Conducting Lyceums, Debating Societies, &C: With Outlines of Discussions and Essays, and an Appendix, Containing an Epitome of Rhetoric, Logic, &C Such a boon is within your reach: It can be obtained by the right improvement of your minds; and one of the best means for accomplishing so desirable an object is, the formation of Lyceums and Debating Societies, which might be formed m every town and village in the Union, and the object of this manual is to guide you in forming and conducting such societies, several of which are now in successful Operation in various parts of our country. 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.