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mesmerize an audience. This particular
speaker captivates the young Dale with
his own rags-to-riches tale: once he’d
been a lowly farm boy with a bleak future,
but he developed a charismatic
speaking style and took the stage at
Chautauqua. Dale hangs on his every
word.
A few years later, Dale is again impressed
by the value of public speaking.
His family moves to a farm three miles
outside of Warrensburg, Missouri, so he
can attend college there without paying
room and board. Dale observes that the
students who win campus speaking
contests are seen as leaders, and he resolves
to be one of them. He signs up
for every contest and rushes home at
night to practice. Again and again he
loses; Dale is dogged, but not much of
an orator. Eventually, though, his efforts
begin to pay off. He transforms
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