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title: 'Elocution: The Sources and Elements of Its Power'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joshua Hall McIlvaine'
date: 1874-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Logic and Rhetoric'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 15'
- 'Acts 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcilvaine-1874-elocution-the-sources-and-elements-of-its-power
---

# Elocution: The Sources and Elements of Its Power

A textbook on elocution stressing delivery as essential to effective public speaking. Covers mental, vocal, and technical principles—phonology, articulation, gesture, and memory.

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