The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
By DR.. T. B. KlNCSBURI

| powers have been felt hy hundreds ~
thousands - his Interested ct3latry
men. recall that some yeafs a-o ]
| heard a North a lima judge mention
4. certain suea&Cr AZ being tsle most
/ magnetic al ati that he had ever list
tnet to" II, stopped. ana In S.id,
i must MAKE one "&trHtlau. Mt
!fryan is tho most maAn.tlc 81 "tl
This came from one not cnam 4f.I '4
MIR. Bryan When the great American
WAS in England some two years az
lie made two addl eSse~. ina OIL AMI
( eat English daily, the London j4ni"s
with one Of The best possible editorial
STATS. Wrttc that there was hut oAc
speaktr in all Great Britain Who ct3iG
hc compared possibly with air. Bryan.
and It was Lord It,Sebery. Educated
IIngliehman all know Of his fine liter
aly style. and read ~d"lishtinsly Ms
lh"t icas sentences AMI Impressive
~thougeU.. BuJ he j. not csp@claIl. Ia
nous for his command . er assem-
..ic~ end his catchin" maGnctlc power.
That famous Frenchman If wisdom
and concentrated thought, Ia Itaellt-
foucald. teft Us his tnat is memol-
bio. that there is as much ~eloGuence
III the ton Of voice, in the eyes. ara
in the air Of the speaker. a IN his
choice OF words. y fine ihet lictan
may roll out his flowing mellliluou1
sentences but they may tickle but not
penetrate. touch but not control. There
have been speakers who could enter
tain. amuse but not enthrall- They
had 4 tongu hat might entertain but
: not control or charm. They may some
times be even as soft and melting rs
flashes OF featIlered snow bit IS
Dryden said. they melted rs they
fell" But 10 thrill, lead. o~Vc3-p#Wcr,
magnetic. ''drop n command.
uplift, be at Will n master Of per
~suasive speech" come not 10 many.
a. De- -. SO. fAss "a go -4a- l4aE
not many rivals in this or in any land
among the living speakers. | believe.
Taste and elegance and refinement d.
not necessarily enter into the n0blcSt.
most imperial cloquence. n true o.a-
tor is APT to be emphatic. sweeping,
cnraVishing to hearers, with much Of
flame and obvious thought. and full
Of shade and color. fun Of passion AMI
even grandeur, ana Of saying the right
thing at the right inc ana IN the
greatest eloquence you viii probably
find Thoughts that breathe n words
that burn u use the very fine line in
the rich English poet, Thomas Gray. !
have not been fortunate enough to
hear Mr.. Bryan. This | much re-
greet. ! hold him TO be an orator Of
power and high gifts. and | Judge him
by results, by the testimony OF ndu-
Gated hearers of different NATIONAL
ties and by the acclamations Of the
enraptured masses. His speeches in
the two most memorable Of all Amer
lean campaigns. those of 1896 and
1900. n his extraordinary speech
that secured his nomination for the
Presidency by the National Democratic
Convention in 1896, place him very
high among American speaker. al
though Hon. Thomas r. Watson thinks
he has heard many GeOrgianS. hardly
known beyond their states. who were
his supcriors in power and ~cloquencc.
It is a pity that the world knew 81
little Of their mastery gifts n SUI
preme 0ratOry.
What a remarkable traveller IS Mr..
Bryan. His letters were indeed highly
educational. ! regret in my old age
that | did not read every line he
wrote. and l farther regret that do
not possess them in a bound volume.
| For a half century and more | have
been a reader of travels. and incIud-
ing many volumes by famous writer's
such as D'Aubigne. George william
Curtis Stephens. Bayard Taylor. the
very gifted author Of "Eothen." whose
name escapes me as | write. and 50
on, and much about the Holy Land
oy others. But | never read any
travels so pleasantly and fully INFORM
ing as the letters by Mr.. Bryan in his
recent trip around the world. ] saw
within a few weeks q letter from a
southern missionary who had been in
either Japan or China for seventeen
years, and he made n most interesting
reference to Mr.. Bryan's visit Of i
month in duration to the cOuntrv he
himself was sewing in. His opinion
was not a partisan one. for he said
ne did not agree with MIN in some Of
his political views, which shows prob
ably ignorance on the part Of the mis-
sionary, but he said no one ever yet
visited China or Japan. as it may have
been, who ever made such q great.
most favorable impression as Mr.. Rry-
| an did h0th mon the urnx-arp auf
the people. and also, if I recall it cor
rectiy. the Missionaries. He bore him
self 80 admirably that he impressed
every body as TO his wisdom. informa-
ton. his qualities as a Christian and
noble craftsmanship. He observed
the Sabbath rigidly. never touched
WINE or drink at any Of the many
entertainments he attended. and in all
ms bearing revealed the high qualities
=, genuine dlscipleship in Jesus
nitlsI. / siahced merely at the article
intending to read it more carefully.
ana 10 use the writer's fine analysis
OF the great American, and TO COPY a
paragraph or so of what was said. His
christlan principles form a great part
IN ms makeup for travelling in TO-
elgh lands, as an observance at home
OF the Christian Sabbath always at
ended his seVerest, most ardent politf-
cal ~canVaSses His is no trifiing sun
day religion but is the complete. un-
broken makeup OF the man.
his style as a writer is excellent. lie
Is q remarkable. lucid II accurate
write. He uses the solid, plain Eng
lish Of some of the best masters. You
can always enjoy and understand him.
There is no fog or flourish to dim
tnought or perplex the reader. He
can write in the polished, elegant style
OF the leaders. i remember that in
one cf his letters he wrote a descrip-
ton in al exceedingly ornate almost
ilorid style, and yet the English was
scholarly, rich. glowing and caused me
10 refer 10 him as thus suggesting some
superb passage by Ruskin. He is
clearly a man of wide range of in