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               foremost requirement. To speak                   Such a futile address is a waste
               without  knowing  is  no  better                 with  nothing  to  render  and

               than  tomfoolery,  executed  for                 receive. Moreover, the language
               one‟s  self-disgrace.  Pondering                 must  also  correspond  to  the
               over  the  subject  beforehand                   occasion.  A  frivolous  speech

               eliminates  all  suspicions  (and                replete  with  jargons  at  an
               probable        abasement)         rising        observance,        or     an     utterly

               latterly.                                        despondent  one  by  a  military
               “Be thoughtful before voicing                    chief  before  instigating  his
               or don‟t voice at all!”                          troops  for  a  war,  can  produce
                                                                contrasting  repercussions  than
               Once done grasping the theme,

               the selection of apt expressions                 the expected.
               to  convey  your  idea  over  it,  is            The next task in the queue is the
               the  subsequent  action.  Perhaps                having  of  proper  visage  and

               you  have  fathomed  the  topic                  pitch while speaking.
               well,  and  are  well-braced  with
               your  thoughts;  but  you  fail  in              “Eyes  and  smiles  are  a
               electing the best words to state                 language too!”

               them,  the  entire  labour  goes  in             It is your face that adds the real
               vain.  Your  perception  is  best                distinction  to  your  words.

               communicated  when  parcelled                    Whatever  spoken  must  be
               with       the      most       apposite          spoken  facially  and  verbally,
               expressions. And this choice of                  and  that  shall  deem  it  true  as
               the most-suited must be done in                  well.  Besides,  the  verbalization

               accordance  to  the  audience.  A                must be audible with respect to
               person  preaching  an  assembly                  the volume.
               of scholarly elders may pick the

               most  ornate  language,  but  he                 “If  they  couldn‟t  hear  you,
               must  abstain  from  this  blunder               you didn‟t speak at all”.
               while  moralising  a  bunch  of                  A  good  orator  is  one  who
               toddlers.  Words  must  both                     reaches to all; both thought wise

               deliver your perspective and be                  and  pitch  wise.  However,  the

               understood by the addressees;                    magnitude  of  sound  nowhere

               “An            utterance              left       hints to some piercing roar. It is
               unabsorbed  is  an  utterance                    one  thing  to  speak  loudly  and

               left unheard.”                                   another  to  shout.  The  speech



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