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The Art of Lecturing
GA 339

The six lectures presented here were given in Dornach, Switzerland from the 11th to the 16th of October, 1921. These lectures formed the Swiss Orientation Course, also known as, the Speakers' Course. In the Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the German texts is entitled, Anthroposophie, soziale Dreigliederung und Redenkunst. Orientierungskurs fuer die oeffentliche Wirksamkeit mit besonderem Himblick auf die Schweitz (Vol. 339 in the Bibliographic Survey, 1961). They were translated from the German by Maria St. Goar. Parts of lecture three was translated by Peter Stebbing, and lecture six by Beverly Smith and Fred Paddock.

Introduction
Lecture I October 11, 1921
Lecture II October 12, 1921
Lecture III October 13, 1921
Lecture IV October 14, 1921
Lecture V October 15, 1921
Lecture VI October 16, 1921