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AAE 450Spacecraft Design
Lecture #5
Read Chapters 910, pp. 1520 of Advice To Rocket Scientists.
Say It In Six:How to Say Exactly What You Mean in 6 Minutes or Less
byRon Hoff
“Consider the case of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg in 1863. His address has been called 'the greatest short speech since the Sermon on the Mount.' It took Mr. Lincoln less than three minutes to read the 269 words of his handwritten script – and that's allowing for the fact that Mr. Lincoln enjoyed words and savored them slowly.”
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Edward Everett's Gettysburg Oration
Secretary of State Edward Everett (who had served in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the U.S. Senate, as President of Harvard, and as Governor of Massachusetts) was considered the nation's greatest orator of his time. He was invited to give the main speech at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Almost as an afterthought, David Wills, the president of the committee, asked President Abraham Lincoln to make “a few appropriate remarks.”
Everett spoke for two hours, but Lincoln's twominute followup speech, known as the Gettysburg Address, is one of the most famous speeches in the history of the United States. Everett wrote a note to Lincoln the next day, telling him of his appreciation for the President's brief, but moving, speech: “I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”
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Also, from Ron Hoff''s Say It In Six:
“Woodrow Wilson was asked how long it took him to prepare a 10minute speech.
'Two weeks,' he said.
'How long to prepare a onehour speech?'
'One week.'
'How long for a twohour speech?'
'I'm ready now.'”
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Advice To Rocket Scientists(Part III How to Get the Right Job)
Two Resumes One for HR (short) One for your boss (long)
Make Personal Contacts Emails don't do it Make phone calls Follow up with a real letter
Choose References Wisely Someone who knows you Gives “bubbly” recommendations Has your long resume