, 1860-03-06

nrou:ha1n's Advice to macaulay.
The following is copy Of we'll known letter |
of Lord Drougham:
To ZACHARY AAcArLA1, Esq,:-
NEWCASTLE. March 10, 1s-s.
Mr. DEAR FR1gSn:-Ay principal object in
writing to You to-day is TO offer yon some 3ng4
gestions, iu consequence Of some conversations
hare just bud with Lord Grey, who has spoken
Of your son tut Cambridge in terms Of the
greatest pEass. lie takes his account from his
son; but from all know, aud haTe learnt In
other quarters, ] doubt not that his judgment
is we'll formed. Now you, Of course, ds&tnc
him tor The bar, and assuming that this, andtse
public objects incidental to it; are IN his views,
would FUN impress upon you {cnl through
you, upon hin] truth or two which experiences
has made me aware Of, and which would hare
given great deal to have been acquainted wi,h
in life from the experieuce of others.
First, that the foundation OF all excellence il
to be lad in eariy application TO general knowl-
equally &c it is (of which he may not be well
aware that professional eminencc can only he
attained by entering hetimes into the lowest
drudgery, the most repuisi:e labors oi the pro-
fesslon; even q year l1 m attorneys Office, as
the law is now practiced, should not hold too
severe tack, or too high price to pay for the
benefit it must surely lead TO-; but Ut all events,
the life Of special pleader. / an we'll con-
WINGED. is the thing before being called to the
bar. 4 young mai whose mind has once been
imbued with general learning. and has acquired
classical propensitles, will never sink into a
mere drudge. lie will always save himself
harmless from the dull atmosphera be must live
aud work in, and the sooner he will emerge
from it, and arrive ut eu,inenes. But what /
wish to iucucate especially. with view TO the
great talent for public speakip., uh;rh vonr son
So happily possesses, is that be should cultivate
that talent in the only way in which it can reach
the height of the art, and wish TO turn his at
tention TO two points, speak on this subject
seryation;I l have made il yer1 much nv study
IN theory; have written great deal upon it
which NAV ueyer see the li9ht. and something
which has been published; hare n,edisated
much aud conycrsed much on it with famous
men; have had some little practical experience
ever tried, By variety Of inborious methods,
reading, writing, much translation, composing
in o~eign languages, &c, and hare lived in
times when there were great orators among US;
therefore reckon nv opinion worth listening
to, aud the rather, because have the utmost
4 world Of trouble and much time had l started
with conviction of its truth.
Tie first point is this.-the beginning of the
urt is 10 acquire a habit Of casv speaking aud in
whatever way this can be had (which individual
inclination OF accilent will ncncrally direct, and
may safely be allowed to do So, J it must be hnd
Nuw, differ frorl al! other doctors Of rhetoric
in this-I say, let linn first Of all learn to speak
easiIv and tluentty. as we'll aud IS sensbiv Is he
can 10 doubt, but ct any rate let him speak.
This is. too, eioouence, or cocd public speaking,
what tie being ubte to talk in q child Is to cur
rect grammatical speech. It is the requisite
foundation, and On It ron must build. sloreo-
yer. it can only be acquired Young, therefore let
it by oil meaus, and nj any sucritice, be cotton
hold Of forthwith. But ia acquiring it every
sort of slorenly error will also be act.uired- #
must be rot by habit Of easy writing (which,
as Wvpdham said, proved hard readlue) by a
custom oftalklng much in company, By speaking
in debating societies. with little attention to
rule, and more lore OF saying something at any
rate. than Of saying anything we'll lean even
suppose that more attention IS paid to the mat
ter iu such discussions than in the manner Of
saving II; ret still to sav it easily, ad 1itu,a; to
be able to say wIut you choose. aud what yon
have to say2ttis is the first renuiste to acquire
which everything else must for tie present be
sacriliced.
.. Tic next stem ;s the craud ouc-to cou-
rert This styfe of easy speaking into ctaste e!o-
onenre And here there il hut one rule. I Ito
aaarnes,,v antre.t ronr son tn vet dailv and