A single ill-chosen phrase or the least sign of uncertainly drives these citizens away, and some who were making their way toward us are lost forever. The Marxist worker can tell what is genuine and what is artificial. Obviously a workers' meeting is not a university auditorium, The speech must be simple and clear. But coarse language and shabby clothing generally harm the overall impression, just as an elevated, lecturing style and elegant dress. There is too much of this going on, in part due to a lack of through training that is replaced by outward appearances.
Unnecessary exaggeration is also harmful.
For example, a speaker at a meeting of workers before the 6 November election announced that our vote total would rise significantly and that we would win 250 seats. The half-won Marxists lost faith in this prophet and the world view he preached. Similar exaggerations, of which there were unfortunately many, destroy everything that the speaker thinks he accomplished in his speech. One mistake is particularly common. The Marxist worker attends such a meeting to hear a discussion of world views.