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He adjusted his spectacles and leaned over it for a moment and marched back on that platform, and then came forward like this  tramp, tramp, tramp. HE ADJUSTED HIS SPECTACLES AND LEANED OVER IT FOR A MOMENT AND MARCHED BACK ON THE PLATFORM AND THEN CAME FORWARD LIKE THIS TRAMP TRAMP TRAMP
 front. When I had got seated, the chairman of the Selectmen arose and came forward to the table, and we all supposed he would introduce the Congregational minister, who was the only orator in town, and that he would give the oration to the returning soldiers. But, friends, you should have seen the surprise which ran over the audience when they discovered that the old fellow was going to deliver that speech himself. He had never made a speech in his life, but he fell into the same error that hundreds of other men have fallen into. It seems so strange that a man won’t learn he must speak his piece as a boy if he in-tends to be an orator when he is grown, but he seems to think all he has to do is to hold an office to be a great orator. So he came up to the front, and brought with him a speech which he had learned by heart walking up and down the pasture, where he had frightened the cattle. He brought the manuscript with him and spread it out on the table so as to be sure he might see it. S FAR I WOULD SAY FROM THE FRONT WHEN I HAD GOT SEATED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN ROSE AND CAME FORWARD TO THE TABLE AND WE ALL SUPPOSED HE WOULD INTRODUCE THE CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER WHO WAS THE ONLY ORATOR IN TOWN AND THAT HE WOULD GIVE THE ORATION TO THE RETURNING SOLDIERS BUT FRIENDS YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SURPRISE WHICH RAN OVER THE AUDIENCE WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE OLD FELLOW WAS GOING TO DELIVER THAT SPEECH HIMSELF HE HAD NEVER MADE A SPEECH IN HIS LIFE BUT HE FELL INTO THE SAME ERROR THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER MEN HAVE FALLEN INTO IT SEEMS SO STRANGE THAT A MAN WON'T LEARN HE MUST SPEAK HIS PIECE AS A BOY IF HE INTENDS TO BE AN ORATOR WHEN HE IS GROWN BUT HE SEEMS TO THINK ALL HE HAS TO DO IS HOLDING OFFICE TO BE A GREAT ORATOR SO HE CAME UP TO THE FRONT AND BROUGHT WITH HIM A SPEECH WHICH HE HAD LEARNED BY HEART WALKING UP AND DOWN THE PASTURE WHERE HE HAD FRIGHTENED THE CATTLE HE BROUGHT THE MANUSCRIPT WITH HIM SPREAD IT OUT ON THE TABLE SO AS TO BE SURE HE MIGHT SEE IT
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