Voice is power—2500 years ago, the great Roman orator Cicero understood this. There was a Roman system of oratory that trained public speakers. It taught seeking out ideas or lines of argument; structure and organization; diction and style; physical delivery; and memory (speeches could last for hours and as they were spoken, not read, they had to be learned by heart.) From Moses to the Sermon on the Mount, from Mohammed to Gandhi, from Adolph Hitler to the fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Voice has changed the world from the beginning of time.
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