The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-11-24

people you find that they are very
much alike, and when you can touch
the heart you find that the heart of
man differs less than the face or even
the mind of man. And so l am sure
| that if 1 speak from my heart l can
speak to the hearts of those who lis
ten to me. (Applause.)
In Spea king to students there are
two or three things that I feel like
suggesting. First you will pardon
me if l say word in regard to public
speaking, for it has been my lot to do
great deal of public speaking, and
have noticed that in Japan there is a
growing tendency to take part in
public discussion. l entertain this
theory-that every citizen should be
| able to present his own ideas to every
| other person in order That the nation
may have the advantage of the wisdom
| of all it's people, and students es-
| pecially need to fit themselves to pre-
sent their views in Il way that will
best convey their ideas and most i'm
press others.
| Now what is eloquence? What is
oratory? There are people who
imagine that with the coming of the
newspaper the opportunity of the
|
| be time when there will not be a
place for eloquence and oratory.
Whenever great interests are at stake,
whenever the destinies of men hand
upon decisions, whenever people feel
deeply upon great issues. there will
be elcQuence, and if l were going to
define eloquence 1 would define it as
| tn, speech of one who knows what
he is talking about and means what
he says. There are Two things that
the public speaker must have; he must
have information, because if he does
not know anything he can not tell
anything to anybody else. He must,
in the first place know what he is
talking about: he must be informed
upon his subject, and then he must be
earnest A great Latin poet said
NEARLY 1000 years ago:
eff you would draw tears from the
| eyesof others,
Yourself the sign OF grief must
show
The next thing of Importance in
public speaking is to state clearly
what you want to say. Present each
thought SO that it may be understood.
! We sometimes say in our country that
there are certain ''self-evident truths
truths that are so plain, that one can
not help seeing them. 1 make the
4 statement even more broadly, that
not only are there certain self.evident
truths but that "all truth is self
evident" The best service you can
render to the truth is to state it so
clearly that it can be understood;
for truth, so stated, needs no argu-
ment in it's defense.
| Nayf tn c1QarnpCc Of statement ic
brevity. Say the thing in just as few
words as possible. l do not know
whether you are sufficiently familiar
with our language to understand me
if l tell you a little story, to illus
trate what l mean by brevity; for
sometimes it is difficult to catch the
point of a story even when one could
understand a general conversation.
But l will see whether / can make it
plain to you. 1t Will show you how
much can be said in a few words;
1 will use the story to illustrate my
meaning. A man once said to an
other man, DO you drink" The
other man was a little offended at
the question, and said: 'That is my
business, SIR Then the first man
said: well, have you any other bust
ness?" daughter and applause.) l
do not know whether l have been
able to make the point clear to you,
but what l mean is that in a very few
words a good deal was said; and the
more you can say in few words,
the more effective will be your
speech.
| But there are some who do not
aspire to public speaking, and l desire
to say something that will apply to
all of you, on the subject of education.