Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-15

vAyoEfrx PosK'oB coCuRAN'a
Identification of the speaker with his
subject and with his hearers are sel-
sosa or never attained in that way.
yoa may forecast your topic, and Of
course YOU must have adequate famil-
iari,y with il and know what special
phase OF il you are TO present, but any
further preparation than this In OF
little avail For you can never tell be-
for~hand in what humor your audience
will be-, nor what circurnstaooos may
arise - modify the situation. To sue
ces..i. the first need h 20 be At one with
your hearcrs. you m,,p1 be able ~ put
into words the thoughts that they arc
thinking at the momcnt-or at least TO
maze clear Ia them and put in logical
order the confused contents OF their
minds Mr.. lngcrsoll has said, be-
liov~," added Mr.. Cochran. "thAt there
Is no such thing as extemporc speak
rig. but l cant agree with that A
true speech Is the creation Of the mo-
a,cnt, but IL Is go created. not. as one
might suppose. by the orator, but by
his audience. have found this 10 DO
ID in my own experience"
I suggested that perhaps the famous
speech at the convention last year
might be an instance In point.
1T was certainly not prepared" re-
piled Mr.. Cochran. There il not and
never was any record Of Il except tho
reports in the daily newspapers Al
most up to tho moment that rose 10
speak had ueant to remain silent;
indeed. had left the hall some hours
before intending 70 60 homo. but I
was hungry and got some dinner. and
then I no longer felt sleepy and went
back to the hull. Tho convention was
very turbulent and noisy; IN hour and
ten minutes ~crc used up In giving
cheers for Cleveland md Hill. Speakers
Of neither side eoN@SUt hearing. Al
though the cooRsation was almost en-
tircly pleA0SA - Cleveland his support
srs wee U1Hi - unceremoniously ~
those Of ~ c0sA9 slde. When the chair
man sa)sedms 10 address the meeting. I
said: 'V1AAt = 6Ae use? The vote has
been setaieA.' sNevcr mind sold he,
go ahead: IL something Is not done VIZ
shall be made Ridiculous Then got
up and spoke. Ny audience was indul.
gent from the first They became 81
lent Us soon az I began, and remained
attentive to the end. They had already
made up their rpinaA how they wers
going to vote. and only three or fo~r
votes were changed In consequence Of
what I said. hut had their sympathy
for the time being. nevertheless"
II have been told" said. "thst
when Henry Clay was speaking he host
his physical scnsitivcncss. SO that il .
pin were run into him he would not
feel it. Do you fall into such state
as that
II can understand that II may be aA
Oratory is sort Of spiritual stats,
You are raised IA il were out Of the
body and arc conscious Only OF tho
ideas that are finding uttcrance
through You. A mystical tie Is ests,-
lished betwces the speaking and the
hearing elements: they IRE identified.
He leaned back in his chair and
added; I'm ora:ory, and probably in
other forms of art. the best results
arc obtained vAcA the pcrsonali,y Of
tho artist IL least obtrudcd You must
forget yourself in order 20 do high
things. IA in religion, you come near
go III, ideal when you are furthest
from what belongs To the conscious
self"
~ contemplated rny host and re-
ffec.cd how Young he was and how
much he had achieved I was moved 70
o -lS hin NJ what age he hal begun 10
turn his tho1ghtS in the direction of
or1tory.
lie laughed and answered that he
hal always faced thitheywari
when was n boy" said he. II
used % - out ~ walk alone aid
make SPEECHES % myself II has been
my b.at from the erst. But there IL
rally lcss oppo-tuni,y aow than there
Nd - be for ors.ory," he concluded.
ss made ready - depart The
newspapers are doing most Of our work
rp~ they cut the ground from under
our feet
The rest ~ our conversation was not
gsrmanc 81 the point now at issue. In
saying farewell could not help s--.i-
ing that | had been given at least ss
much enlightenment as hal Ind skill
20 AK fer. AMI vet. IA said before.
remained incSp~rt- Mr. Rourke Cock
r.in can do wonderful things. hut he
cannot teach ne how to b. IN orator.
The best things in life are inco,anu.,i-
cable We're il otherwise there woul Ia
s''on 10 nothing left unvnlesrised aud
unprofane.l. JUtIAS UAwrHoRxx
Nervous Headaches
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