Cyclopedia Of Illustrations For Public Speakers Robert Scott by Robert Scott instant download after payment.

In estimating the prospectus of this work a well-known
clergyman exprest the judgment that “A book of fresh
illustrations should be made as often, at least, as once in
ten years.” A somewhat extensive inquiry, to which many
responses were received, has convinced the editors and
publishers that a liberal use is made of collections of
illustrations, by clergymen and other public speakers, and
that to meet their requirements a new collection at this
time would be welcomed by those whose functions and
duties involve public speaking, teaching and preaching.
Paxton Hood’s definitive epigram, “Illustrations are
windows,” has often been repeated in varied forms.
William Morely Punshon states the relation of the
illustration to the truth it is designed to serve when he
says, “The illustration is but the handmaid in the palace,
while truth is the queen upon the throne.” This is to affirm
under a figure of speech that every good illustration
should take a place of service, and is valuable only as it
assists the understanding in grasping the truth more easily
and apprehending it more vividly.
An illustration is regarded as something more than a
brief figure of speech, as a simile or a metaphor, tho these
may be often expanded to the scope and value of
illustration proper. An illustration, as found in this work,
whether narrative, fact or series of facts, an incident,
anecdote, story, experience, or description, is intended to
be such as may be used to make clear the truth or
principle indicated in the title.