New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-07


4, uutaIizibg ef.cs tt time will come when the
Snth.r s(es viii oi,c that they cannot afford
vice so * pt nsise in money and morale.
DROUGUAM,s ADVICE TO MACAULAY.
TIL. following I. a copy OF well-known letter Of
LORD Brooghsm, first printed by Professor selHyn;
~ ~"'""'' NEWCASTLE. March TO- 1873
My DEIR FRrESD: My principal object in writing
TO yon to-iaS offer yO1 suggestions IN con-
p quence of some conversation have just had with
IoId Grey who has spoken OF your son Ia Cambridge
in TENS o. the greatest praise He takes his account
from his sop; but from all know, aud have learned
in or er qnsiiers Ooubt Mt that hsjndgment is well
formed Now you, Of course, destiDe BIN for the bar
end Assuming thr and the puoc objects incidental TO
il, aie 10 his views, | would fain impress upon you
(aI.d through you, upon him truth or two, which
experience has IL me aware Of, and which woad
have gwen great deal ~ have been acquainted with
earlier in life from the experience of others.
First, shat The Foundation Of all excellence ~ 70 De
laid III early application to general knowledge IS clear;
that he IL already aware Of ana equally so It - lof
which be may be well AWARD that professional
emiieuce cam OILY be attained by entering betimes
into the lou drudgefy, the most recnlHye abors OF
The pr ,lession. Even year ia avorney's Office as
The law IL pow prscced, should not hold too severe
q task or too high price 10 pay for the oeneit 1t
an.r surely lead to but, at all events, the life OF
rpecsl pesoer, am quite con slnced, IS ne tnlng
before 6eng ca led to the bar. A young nan whose
mind has on,e been well mbued with general learning,
and has acquired classical propenslues, Will never snk
into meie drudge. IL will always save himseli
harmless from the dull atmosphere nc mnse i've an
vors in and the sooDer be will emerge from II, ana
sr,ise al eurp.nce But what wish 10 iasucate
rsrecjally with view 70 the great talent ior puohc
speaL ing which your SOD happily possesses, Ina. ne
hoplo cultivate that talent IA the only W ay In When
II can reach the bgl the art and wish TO tarn hls
Ate pon 70 two points. speak on tns soDJee' WIN
tue authority boib Of experience aud ooservaAoni
have made it very much my staoy IN tusoryi hase
written q great desl upon it which may never see the
light and sorn.tbng which has bern puoshedi have
mediated much and convered much on It With famous
men have had some little practical experience IN y,
hot have prepared much more than ever tined, by
a vaIiei, Of aborons Notwithstanding, writing, much
Translation cumposiDP Ill foreign languages, &c--snd
have bved III tunes when there were great orators
amcDg ~ therefore reckon my opinion worth ssen'
py to- and The rather because have the utmost con-
6epcs in it myself and should have saved world OF
trouble and much time had 1 started With conviction
Of its truth.
l. 1be first point IL this,he beginning of thesart is
I, acquire habit Of easy speaking; aud, in whatever
wby luis can be had (which individual inclination or
a cident will generally Direct and may safely be al
low ed do 81, it must he had. Now, diiier from
al other doctors of rhetoric in tb-I cay, LEI hun rst
Of all ham to eak easily aud fucnty, well and
as senslby be doubt but at any rate let him
learn 10 speak. This is TO eoqueDce, or good puehc
sleukiug what the being able TO talk in child Is TO
correct grammatical speech. l. is the requisite foun
dat OIL, and II you must bniid. Moreover, II can
Only lie acquired young therefore let 1t by all means,
AID any sacrifice, he gcuen hold OF forthwith, But
in acquiring it every fort OF sovenly error VIII also
be acquired. Ii must be got by habit OF easy writing
~ hieb, as Wyndbsm said, proved hard readings by
a cntiuIn of talking much in company; by speaking In
del stDg societies. with little attention to rule, and
mere we of saying something at any rate, than OF
saving ANYTHING we'll ! can even suppose thst more
attention is paid the matter in such dIscu sions than
IN the manner Of sayng it; yet sail TO say easily, ad
hbtHm, TO be ale TO cay what you choose and ~tst
you have to saytbis Is tho brst requisite 10 acquire
which every thing else must for the present be sacri-
feed
3 The next step ia the grand one: to convert this
sty le If easy speaking into chasts eloquenee. Aud
here there is but one rule. do earnestly eutreat your
son 10 set daily and nightly before him the Greek
mo5es. Frs Of all, be may look to the best modern
speeches ss he probably has already: Burkes best
composhions, ss The fho9ghis on the Cause Of the
citation and On the Nabob of Arcot's DEBIT"
Fox's "Speech on the Westminster Scrutiny" the
ffst part of ch he should pore over till he has IL by
beartJ, On the Ruseian Armament" and "On the
War 1853, with one or two Of Wyudham's best and
very few, rather none, Of Snerdans Bot he
NUT 10y 10 means stop here. II he would be great
he must at ones To the fountain head and be
familiar with every one of the great oraons Of De-
mo.henes. Itke Tor granted that he knows those OF
Cicero by heart; they very beautiful but not very
useful except perhaps, the - Milo, pro lagario and
ole two nore bus the Greek positively be the
model and erely reading IL as boys do, 10 know the
lsnguape Won't DO at alt he must enter into the spirit
Of each speech, thoroughly know the positions OF the
parties follow each turn OF the argument and make
The abfouey perfect and most chaste and severe co n
position familiar 70 bis mind. His taste will improve
every time he reads aud repeats to himself for he
should ave the fire passages by heart, Ard he Will
learn bow much may be Done by skillful use of q
few words snd rigorous rejection of all superhuities
In this view hold familiar nowledge Of Dante to
be Demosthenes IL Is in vain TO say that imi
tatons of these models won't do for times First,
do not counsel any imitation but only an inbibng CT
the same spirit. Secondly, 1 know from experience
than nothing is half successful in these times bad
though they be- what has been formed the Greek
models. use very poor instance in giving my own
experience bat do Assure you that both ia courts of
law and Parliament, and even to mobs / have never
made so mich play It. use very modern phrsse) as
when / was almost trapslaing from the Greek.
composed the peioialon OF my speech for the Queen,
in the Lords, after reading and repea'lag Demos
themes for three or four weeks, and / composed it
twenty times at least and certainly succeeded
in very extraordinary degree and far above any
merits OF its This leads TO remark that,
though speaking with writing beforehand, is very
we'll until the habit of easy speech is acquired, yet
atler that lie write too much; this is quite
clear 1t is aborous, doubt and it is diEcnlt,
beyond comparison, than speaking o-hand; but it u
necessary to perfect oratory and at any rate is
essary to acquire the habit of correct dicton. But
60 inrther and say, TO the end OF mans life be
must prepare, word for word most of his finer
PASSAGE. Now, would he he great orator moi In
other words would he have almost absolute power Of
doing good 20 mankind, in a free country, or NO So
he wills this, be must follow these rules.
Believe me truly yours, II. BRoU0HAM