Question about speech-writing. I had an English teacher who told me that the guidebook for speech phrasing for American political speechwriters is Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass. She said all the presidents' speechwriters have the sucker practically memorized, that the commonality of Kennedy's speech -> Reagan's speech -> Clinton's speech -> Obama's speech is Walt Whitman channeled through their individual speechwriters.
True?
She said reading Leaves of Grass out loud was the single most valuable thing we could do to improve our public speaking.
Care to comment? Or maybe offer alternatives to that work for this purpose--improving our speaking.
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Question about speech-writing. I had an English teacher who told me that the guidebook for speech phrasing for American political speechwriters is Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass. She said all the presidents' speechwriters have the sucker practically memorized, that the commonality of Kennedy's speech -> Reagan's speech -> Clinton's speech -> Obama's speech is Walt Whitman channeled through their individual speechwriters.
True?
She said reading Leaves of Grass out loud was the single most valuable thing we could do to improve our public speaking.
Care to comment? Or maybe offer alternatives to that work for this purpose--improving our speaking.
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