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Myriad successes in life have come through the direct inspiration of this single lecture. One hears of so many that there must be vastly more that are never told. MYRIAD'S SUCCESSES IN LIFE HAVE COME THROUGH THE DIRECT INSPIRATION OF THIS SINGLE LECTURE FOR ONE HEARS OF SO MANY THAT THERE MUST BE VASTLY MORE THAT ARE NEVER TOLD
half. He sees that the people are fascinated and inspired, and he forgets pain, ignores time, forgets that the night is late and that he has a long journey to go to get home, and keeps on generously for two hours! And every one wishes it were four. Always he talks with ease and sympathy. There are geniality, composure, humor, simple and homely jests--yet never does the audience forget that he is every moment in tremendous earnest. They bubble with responsive laughter or are silent in riveted attention. A stir can be seen to sweep over an audience, of earnestness or surprise or amusement or resolve. When he is grave and sober or fervid the people feel that he is himself a fervidly earnest man, and when he is telling something humorous there is on his part almost a repressed chuckle, a genial appreciation of the fun of it, not in the least as if he were laughing at his own humor, but as if he and his hearers were laughing together at something of which they were all humorously cognizant. HOUR AND A HALF HE SEES THAT THE PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED AND INSPIRED AND HE FORGETS PAIN IGNORES TIME FORGETS THAT THE NIGHT IS LATE AND THAT HE HAS A LONG JOURNEY TO GO TO GET HOME HE KEEPS ON GENEROUSLY FOR TWO HOURS AND EVERY ONE THERE WISHES IT WERE FOUR ALWAYS HE TALKS WITH EASE AND SYMPATHY THERE ARE GENERALLY COMPOSURE HUMOUR SIMPLE AND HOMELY JESTS YET NEVER DOES THE AUDIENCE FORGET THAT HE IS EVERY MOMENT IN TREMENDOUS EARNEST THEY BUBBLE WITH RESPONSIVE LAUGHTER OR ARE SILENT AND RIVETED ATTENTION A STIR CAN BE SEEN TO SWEEP OVER THE AUDIENCE OF EARNESTNESS OR SURPRISE OR AMUSEMENT OR RESOLVE WHEN HE IS GRAVE AND SOBER OR FERVID THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE IS HIMSELF A FERVIDLY EARNEST MAN AND WHEN HE IS TELLING SOMETHING HUMOROUS THERE IS ON HIS PART AN ALMOST REPRESSED CHUCKLE A GENIAL APPRECIATION OF THE FUN OF IT AND NOT IN THE LEAST AS IF HE WERE LAUGHING IN HIS OWN HUMOR BUT AS IF HE AND HIS HEARERS WERE LAUGHING TOGETHER AT SOMETHING WHICH THEY WERE ALL HUMOROUSLY COGNIZANT
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