Wit And Humor For Public Speakers Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Humorous Speaker: A Book of Humorous Selections for Reading and Speaking Whatever may be urged against ridicule or humorous invective, the wholesome effect of legitimate humor and merriment cannot be denied, and Sterne was clearly in the right when he said that a taste for humor was a gift from Heaven. It is a blessing, a very angel of consolation, without whose presence the thorny, briary path in this workaday world would be uncheered. In the legend of Pandora's box we are told that Hope was left at the bottom, as a compensation for the many ills to which poor humanity is heir, but I think the most efficient and the most ready anodyne is a sense of humor. Hope is indeed an inspiration and often a salvation, yet the promise it offers is too often broken, while Humor presents an immediate solace - a real and present help in time of discouragement and despondency. Let but the unhappy victim have the prehensibles by which to seize upon the proffered good, and he is assured of a temporary, if not a final reprieve. 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.