The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-02-03
SILENT FAMOUS MEN



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.|. '..IHu. commander ol lu. Austrian
ARMY ~r.u- th" rU.y y.u- war. II
is said H Wai.ru~loiu that hr lived 10
'u atmosphere OF silence" Iud never M
l"f"d word that was moi ab,olutslv
ne''>~ary. nor would he permit other.
10 speak in his pr'>enc" niorc than Nas
essential one OF his chHmlnrlaips was
h1uE'd for waking WslIrn-ieiu with
needless noise. lii~ servants wrrr a
many nui"s. not daring to upou. th-i,
Ii'> 100 his pr'>"ur,' aud hr was sur.
rounded 10y patrols. and tho approsche,
Ia his h"r~" wrr" barrnndcd by chain,
ia pr"scry" him from the hast disturb.
an'" ln comparison with WaiIenStpjn.
q h1> h""n recorded Di.u,rrS would
ha'" been a cltattcrbnN aud william
th" silent hrawhr
But silence j. . chara,tcri>ii,.o of many
ot ih" worlds most famous soldiers.
Napoleon bna>tr,l that in his dealing,
with men 10" never wasted A word and
made mDn"~vllabics answer most pur
poses Eru unfl'ug escaped his eves
aud h' could COMPRESS more, within.
>"nt"uce than most men could convey
N quarter or un hour.
III" great Duke of Marlborough when
receiving reports from his generals
would produ,' his watch and sny 81
will Civ" you minute" And il. was
likely tn gu hard with the officer who
did not observe the limitation 70 his
stan th" Duke of Wellington was Al.
ways NOR" nr loss % sphinx. 4 nod or
shake NJ The head was often tie only
Response they could got from him. and
when once he WIS asked what lie con.
Sid"r"d th" bc~t equipment of com.
mand"r %" answered. a long head and
silent tongue"
\"u Nolfh' almost r'yalrd Wullcn.
sf".u Too tIriuruitv Hr never opened
his mouth if a gesture would suffice.
and Wh"u fu. news was brought ~
him th1f rhr Fru,h hand declared war
n" simply said foo ihr aid .d,-eHmp 500
uud p.-"uuuul" nu rhy right. urSt tier"
and turu"d ruuui Ia sleep again But
h' had SAID ll. thlt was necessary, for
IN th'. pi."ouhulp indicated wrrr com.
pI'l" plans Iur no" campaign which
closed loo brilliant victory Won Moltke
used ro say that one verb in the Ger.
mah language WAS worth all the 9th
er~ put together. and that was "ihun"
10 do "
The worst thing his enemies could
say ot President Grant was He won't
talk b',e,I,r De- hH, 80 much 10 con
"eal" and Vet it WIS precisely IN This
siIen," tHW Grants real strength lay.
His orders and dispatches were the
bri"'"~r ~'"r peuurd. and when once q
rInrmIu- young badly plHyfullv asked
him why b, would mot tnlk tu her he
answered. Nv dear. duu't yuu know
that >ih.rrr" .- "ur oi lIir greatest arts
uf conversation.
Eut 30 Is- po,.u tI, ~nmr ia all ages
t. bHr'"WH-rr Was % perfect miscr of
vord-. h".d.u- With '"uiu".u~, that
silence i~ D. friend That viii never he
tray. lla1r.HI W"> % man Of mono
-FilaH.">. and Julius caesar was mex
uum"d hy his >oidirr~ THE Oracle"
Uyru gr,nt statesmen and writer's
all" r"nnr. -uii'r from amy lack ~
wori~ have tenn n""u aW"u- the most
reserved of mru. pi addison john
son says 'u' h'~ ",|"ruHl manners
nothing is e." often mentioned a~ lhai
tiWu"uu- CO.. ~ul'"u tI'.turuliy which
his friends called mud">'y Toy t"" mild
- numr. N"c"riiu- "a" chesterfield.
he wu- "Ll" most iIm"r"u> aud awk
ward mnu ever saw" aud even All
di~"u himself speaking OF hi> own
deficiency 10 conversations used 10 say.
u can draw bills i"r "a thousand