to no mere local or educational associations, but to the common, spontaneous interests of the human

heart.

It is with this idea in view that the following selections have been made. That it may usefully advance this noble art of speaking in schools of a country where speaking is power, is the earnest hope of the Author.

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The Same, Continued,.

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