The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-05-12

something known as magnetism Il
must have a flexible musical voice
capable Of expressing the pathetic. th
humurous the heroic His body mus
move in unison with his thought
He must be q reasouer, a logiciar
/ He must have a keen sense Of humor-
of the laughable. He must have wit
sharp and quick. He must have sympa
thy. His smiles should be the neigh
bors Of tears lie must have imagina
tion He should give eagles to the ain
and painted moths should futter in til.
sunlight
While / cannot tell a man what &,
do to become an orator, l can tell him
few things not to do.
There should be no introduction t.
an oration The orator should com
mence with his subject There shonIt
be no prelude. no flourish, no apology
no explanation He should say moth
ing about himself Like q sculptor he
stands before his block Of stone. Every
stroke is for a purpose.
AS he works the form begins to ap.
pear When the statute is finished, the
workmen stops
Nothing is more difficult than a per
feet close. Few poems, few pieces Of
music, few novels, end we'll A good
story a great speech, a perfect poem
should end just at the proper point
The bud, the blossom, the fruit No
delay. A great speech is O capitalization
in its logic, an efiorence in its poetry. "
Can you give a few Illustrations,
drawn from your own experience and
observation Of public speakers
Well, to tell you the truth, re
joined Col Ingersoll "I have not heard
many speeches Most of the great
speakers in our country were before my
time heard Beecher, and he was an
orator He had Imagination, humor
and intensity. His brain was as fertile
as the valley Of the tropics. He was
too broad, too pbilos0phic, too poetic
for the pulpit Now and then he broke
the fetters Of his creed, escaped from
his orthodoxprison and became sublime.
Theodore Parker was an orator Ho.
preached great sermons His sermons
on rOId Ace and Webster and His IA
dress on Liberty were filed with
great tbourbts ma,reIonsIv evnrasea5
When he dealt with brmon events
with realities. with tbfpps he, knew bs
was superb When he smoke of froa
dom. Of dutv of Iiv,no 10 M fdsaI al
mental integrity br seemed insured
Webster never heard Ha had
great qualities force dionitv clear
ness grandeur: but after ali he wor.
shipped the past He kent his back toI
.he sunrise There was no dawn in his
brain. He was not creative He had
no spirit Of pronbecv He Egb+o5 ro
orch. He was not frue 10 liz ideoI
lie talked sometimes Ms tbo1ob his baa5
vas among the stars. but he stood IN
.he gutter
IN tbe name of relioion ba tried toI
5reak the viii Of sfenbon cirsr5 AL
lestrov the greatest charity in ali tbe
world, and in the name Of tbe sopa
eIigion he defended tbe fugitive sIave
aw His pnrposa was tbe same in botb
ases He wanted Office Yet he nt.
cred a few great paragrapbs rfnb with
hougbt. perfectly EXPRESSED
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