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With the presidential primary campaign (in Ohio) in full swing, the purpose of the Saturday essay is to extol the virtues of speech. Using the rhetoric of Barack Obama as an example, the essay discusses the power of speech and how easily people can be inspired by rhetoric that has no substance.

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Saturday Essay - February 16, 2008
A Testament to the Power of Speech
by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:
It is a principle I have taught for over thirty years. It is basic to speech-communication courses, and it is essential to understanding what should be the foundation of public-speaking effectiveness. In judging the success of a public-speaking effort, you must look at the substance — support, evidence, and ideas — of the speech, not just the delivery. Delivery is merely a vehicle for conveying the substance. When I learned to put delivery in its proper perspective, it was within the context of Plato’s attack on rhetoric as “mere cookery.”
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