Excerpt from Greening's Popular Reciter and the Art of Elocution and Public Speaking: Being Simple Explanation of the Various Branches of Elocution; Together With Lessons for Self-Instruction The rules of elocution are designed to correct the bad habits of speech, gesture, and deportment; and to make the voice, the countenance, and body well attuned instruments to respond actively to a mind full of noble thoughts and powerful emotions. So far I have endeavoured to place this subject in the light of a high and pure pleasure, which should be cultivated for the sake of the gratification which it gives. To others, and as an addition to our intellectual attainments. 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.