The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-12-21

peak only "EeH he 10 'A' "
q, + and has a desire to express -.
ANY Young man Of spirit. we'll rea>;.
leen of thought with opinions Of his
.wn. sitting in y place OF general
discussion. must sometimes feel that
le has a fact, opinion, Or theory tia
ne would like to express.
That is the time for him to speak.
.Iut beyond that a man wants toprt
are himself to have something ;o|
AZ If the rood strikes him. A ieN
orecti hi, is may not be amlss
When :. man knows that he is to ue
present at such g meeting. and knows
he subject. let him read all he can
,.Don it. reading only those who have
,ritten exhaustivelv, ardontly, or il
nstra,ively: let him think over it
carefully aud discrinlinatingly. no;
nth a view to what lie will saw, bur
simply to learn all he can about It..
The aim is 20 fill the mind with the
subject. md not with what he wish
% saw upon 1t. Once iuil Of tie su =
ject. Give it the least possible thought
Cor few hours prior to the debate;
hen the mind vii! be elastic, aui
what is said will be spoken Win fer
| vOr.
A young man will soon gain con-
troll of himself upon the floor if lie
peaks never so seldom and says
lcver so little. The have the assurance
hat when he has spoken he has said
something worth saying.
When a subject is to be prepared
or. give it close. clear thought before
| eading word upon it, for q man s
irst impressions Of subject are
valuable, however much he may mod
ifv them: read extensively the cream
If the best authors upon the subject :;
hen give the best thoughts to apply
no what has been learned by the
irst impressions
In regard to gaining control Of the
audience it must be borne lp mind
hat there is little difficulty the fir It
line because mere curiosity and gen
eral sympathetic interest will assure
IL. HIS ldCb Va GCtl q fSttih'' ,
~ making him over confident the
second time. thus leadirG to failure.
\ man should never assume that he
IS to control his audience without
he utmost skill.
One element Of Coughs success is
5hat he always appreciates how easy
t is to lose an audience. An au's.-
ence will always give its unreserve'i
attention to any enc who is telling
something UNDERSTANDING y that they
lidn't know before. AS a permanent
investment it is worth Infinitely more
n impart knowledge clearl Y and con
isely than it is to tell the most racy
stories.
An audience will give its unreserved
attention when it is known that there
is to be something entirely new well
eold. A man must talk for the sake
Of his audience and not for his OWL
sake.
The multitude Of takers are fail
ures because they have no foundation
for permanent success, have never
acquired intelligent self-control, have
not learned to hold an audience
These are not gifts, they are acqui-
sitions. A man mnst train himsel
to read widely, think keerIy, speal
only when he has something wo:tE
saying. and to say it SO concisely a NJ
,learly that it is no serious effort io'
them to take and keep the fact 81
theory given them.
A man who speaks too often viii
fail of the best self control, will tal
% retain the respect and admiral Of
Of his audience. SO long as q,
audience wishes q man wo1la speat
longer or second time, be is a sue
cess; the moment they wish be woulf
stop, or would not rise. he is a fail
ure.
A public speaker should not tall
) about the subject upon which h
) speaks. in private cow, rsation
either before or after the debate.
he do it before, he will il e771tt II; u |,
hint at things Of which he afterward
so5aks and will thus rob them 0
their freshness, or Important charm
if he do it after the debate, it vii
throw a shadow over the impression