Stammering : its treatment / by B. Beasley.

  • Beasley, B.
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Stammering : its treatment / by B. Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    carry himself with the erect and noble port which is all but peculiar to the soldier, but ought to be the common habit of every man ; let him learn to march ; and more, to trot under arms without losing breath ; and by such means make himself an active, healthy, and valiant man. “ Meanwhile, let him learn again the art of speaking, and having learned, think before he speaks, and say his say calmly, with self-respect, as a man who does not talk at random and has a right to a courteous answer. Let him fix in his mind that there is nothing on earth to be ashamed of, save doing wrong, and no being to be feared save Almighty God ; and go on making the best of the body and the soul which heaven has given him, and I will warrant that in a few months his old misery of stammering will lie behind him, as an ugly and all but impossible dream when one awakes in the morning.”
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