The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15
TALKING TOO Much.

hAhhANN AVV MUM
lNemo.l
II is a wise head whose tongue never
says too much Good causes have
been ruined by being pleaded just
little too far.
II it be an argument with your fellow
man, you gain nothing and lose almost
everything by driving him into logi-
cal corner and pounding him until he
is convinced that all you were after in
the argument was a proud triumph Of
your own personal wit If your argu-
ment is on religion or on politics--or the
thousand aud one things that keep our
/ talking faculties aliye-it is only worth
while II you concede that your OPP
/ ponent knows something. II you go
on the assumption that he knows no.
thing aud let him feel it, you can never
make him agree with you. Every
word you say on such line is a word
TO much.
II the argument is with a wife-en-
gagged folks do not do much arguing,
they mostly agree-the poor little
thing feels as though she had been
struck a blow, if your talk is overbear-
ing and overriding and loud. Simply
be as loud as you can and as scornful
as you can, and every word you say is
too much. If she knows 50 little that
she argues foolishly, TO remind her Of
il is a reflection on yourself for being 50
blind rs TO select such helpmeet. If,
however, she has her share Of sense and
knows il, she listens TO your buster
and sets you down from the pedestal
on which her love has placed you.
Saying too much" is cursed thing
in the home. II unbinds hearts from
ties Of love and sets them rowing.
Out in the world, trying TO work his
way, the young man who tells all he
knows, forgets that the world is a battle
ground where much has to be done TO
come out victor; and his very quickness
10 reveal his knowledge Of his masters
business or his own plans, puts blud-
geons in the hands Of those who would
be glad to Use over him. Many a
career has stopped short because Of too
much confidence in ready listeners.
The teachers Of Gospel truth are great
sinners in the direction Of over talking
the argument. Have you not listened
to a convincing talk from the pulpit, a
talk full Of sense, aud then heard the
preacher still 90 on after his point had
been proved? 1t makes the hearers
fdget in their seats TO hear the wasted
words. "Just one other world stretches
out TO many and undoes the good that
fewer words would have wrought.
This tendency is often displayed at
funerals where the solemn fact Of our
life-end approaching is enough to point
out, without gushing over good qualities
Of the dead that were sometimes very
cleverly concealed while living.
In politics the error Of saying too
much often gives the victory to the
more silent side. IL is well understood
that twenty years ago the victory Of
Mr. Cleveland over Mr.. Blaine was
brought about i'm the last few days Of
the campaign because an orator with
love for ALTERATION labelled the Demo.
aratic party as one Of "Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion I'm more recent
years the tremendous talking campaign
In favor Of Free Silyer-whatever that
may mean-was its own undoing, and
will probably never be permitted again
by Democratic party grown wiser.
The great error i'm having to much
20 say is the patronizing, advising. SUI
perior air which it lends 20 the talker.
The listener is not convinced by
superior airs; he il convinced by APP
peals to his reason. Eyen if he has 20
faculties he has sense enough
b. resent any reminder Of the fact.
The really superior man does not OBJ
irude his superiority; that will haye
iull chance for recognition in the wis
iom and reserve Of his words. The
really superior man cannot be hidden
no matter how carefully he listens TO
Inc words Of others.
A word unsald may do harm-it is
.rue-since it may have needed utter
,nce; but the said word cannot be re-
goked. five think twice before we
speak once, we shall have less to re-
sret IN the way Of wasted words and
we shall have more influence.
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Apply % 5. W. PAULETr, JR.