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"It is easy to raise a laugh, but dangerous, for it is the greatest test of an orator's control of his audience to be able to land them again on the solid earth of sober thinking." IT IS EASY TO RAISE A LAUGH BUT DANGEROUS FOR IT IS THE GREATEST TEST OF AN ORATOR'S CONTROL OF HIS AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO LAND THEM AGAIN ON SOLID EARTH OF SOBER THINKING
ago Conwell published a little book for students on the study and practice of oratory. That “clear-cut articulation is the charm of eloquence” is one of his insisted-upon statements, and it well illustrates the lifelong practice of the man himself, for every word as he talks can be heard in every part of a large building, yet always he speaks without apparent effort. He avoids “elocution.” His voice is soft-pitched and never breaks, even now when he is over seventy, because, so he explains it, he always speaks in his natural voice. There is never a straining after effect. “A speaker must possess a large-hearted regard for the welfare of his audience,” he writes, and here again we see Conwell explaining Conwellism. “Enthusiasm invites enthusiasm,” is another of his points of importance; and one understands that it is by deliberate purpose, and not by chance, that he tries with such tremendous effort to put enthusiasm into his hearers with every sermon and every lecture that he delivers. DEED SOME QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO CONWELL PUBLISHED A LITTLE BOOK FOR STUDENTS ON THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ORATORY THAT CLEAR CUT ARTICULATION IS THE CHARM OF ELOQUENCE IS ONE OF HIS INSISTED UPON STATEMENTS AND IT WELL ILLUSTRATES HIS LIFE LONG PRACTICE OF THE MAN HIMSELF FOR EVERY WORD AS HE TALKS CAN BE HEARD IN EVERY PART OF A LARGE BUILDING YET HE ALWAYS SPEAKS WITHOUT APPARENT EFFORT HE AVOIDS ELOCUTION HIS VOICE IS SOFT PIT AND NEVER BREAKS EVEN NOW WHEN HE IS OVER SEVENTY BECAUSE AS HE EXPLAINS IT HE ALWAYS SPEAKS IN HIS NATURAL VOICE THERE IS NEVER A STRAINING AFTER EFFECT A SPEAKER MUST POSSESS A LARGE HEARTED REGARD FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS AUDIENCE HE WRITES AND HERE AGAIN WE SEE CONWELL EXPLAINING CONWELLISM ENTHUSIASM INVITES ENTHUSIASM IS ANOTHER OF HIS POINTS OF IMPORTANCE AND ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS BY DELIBERATE PURPOSE AND NOT BY CHANCE THAT HE TRIES WITH SUCH TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO PUT ENTHUSIASM INTO THE HEARERS WITH EVERY SERMON AND EVERY LECTURE THAT HE DELIVERS
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