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The vast number of places he has visited and people he has met, the infinite variety of things his observant eyes have seen, give him his ceaseless flow of illustrations, and his memory and his skill make admirable use of them. THE VAST NUMBER OF PLACES HE HAS VISITED AND PEOPLE HE HAS MET THE INFINITE VARIETY OF THINGS HIS OBSERVANT EYES HAVE SEEN GIVE HIM HIS CEASELESS FLOW OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND HIS MEMORY AND HIS SKILL MAKE ADMIRABLE USE OF THEM
g something funny of his own; it seems, such is the skill of the man, that he is just letting them know of something humorous that they are to enjoy with him. “Be absolutely truthful and scrupulously clear,” he writes; and with delightfully terse common sense, he says, “Use illustrations that illustrate”--and never did an orator live up to this injunction more than does Conwell himself. Nothing is more surprising, nothing is more interesting, than the way in which he makes use as illustrations of the impressions and incidents of his long and varied life, and, whatever it is, it has direct and instant bearing on the progress of his discourse. He will refer to something that he heard a child say in a train yesterday; in a few minutes he will speak of something that he saw or some one whom he met last month, or last year, or ten years ago--in Ohio, in California, in London, in Paris, in New York, in Bombay; and each memory, each illustration, is a hammer with which he drives home a truth. HEY NEVER THINK THAT HE IS TELLING SOMETHING FUNNY OF HIS OWN IT SEEMS SUCH IS THE SKILL OF THE MAN THAT HE IS JUST LETTING THEM KNOW OF SOMETHING HUMOROUS THAT THEY CAN ENJOY IT WITH HIM BE ABSOLUTELY TRUTHFUL AND SCRUPULOUSLY CLEAR HE WRITES AND WITH DELIGHTFUL TERSE COMMON SENSE HE SAYS USE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT ILLUSTRATE AND NEVER DID AN ORATOR LIVE UP TO THIS INJUNCTION MORE THAN DOES CONWELL HIMSELF NOTHING IS MORE SURPRISING NOTHING IS MORE INTERESTING THAN THE WAY IN WHICH HE MAKES USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IMPRESSIONS AND INCIDENTS OF HIS LONG AND VARIED LIFE AND WHATEVER IT IS IT HAS DIRECT AND INSTANT BEARING UPON THE PROGRESS OF HIS DISCOURSE HE WILL REFER TO SOMETHING THAT HE HEARD A CHILD SAY IN A TRAIN YESTERDAY IN A FEW MINUTES HE WILL SPEAK OF SOMETHING THAT HE SAW OR SOME ONE WHOM HE MET LAST MONTH OR LAST YEAR OR TEN YEARS AGO IN OHIO IN CALIFORNIA IN LONDON IN PARIS IN NEW YORK IN BOMBAY AND EACH MEMORY EACH ILLUSTRATION IS A HAMMER WITH WHICH HE DRIVES HOME A TRUTH
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