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He has the faculty of control, the vital quality that makes the orator. The same people will go to hear this lecture over and over, and that is the kind of tribute that Conwell likes. HE HAS THE FACULTY OF CONTROL THE VITAL QUALITY THAT MAKES HIM THE ORATOR THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILL GO AND HEAR THIS LECTURE OVER AND OVER AND THAT IS THE KIND OF TRIBUTE THAT CONWELL LIKES
eer of usefulness and honor.” It is a lecture of helpfulness. And it is a lecture, when given with Conwell’s voice and face and manner, that is full of fascination. And yet it is all so simple! It is packed full of inspiration, of suggestion, of aid. He alters it to meet the local circumstances of the thousands of different places in which he delivers it. But the base remains the same. And even those to whom it is an old story will go to hear him time after time. It amuses him to say that he knows individuals who have listened to it twenty times. It begins with a story told to Conwell by an old Arab as the two journeyed together toward Nineveh, and, as you listen, you hear the actual voices and you see the sands of the desert and the waving palms. The lecturer’s voice is so easy, so effortless, it seems so ordinary and matter-of-fact--yet the entire scene is instantly vital and alive! Instantly the man has his audience under a sort of spell, eager to listen, ready to be merry or grave. HE HIGH RESOLVE OF SUSTAINING A CAREER OF USEFULNESS AND HONOR IT IS THE LECTURE OF HELPFULNESS AND IT IS A LECTURE WHEN GIVEN WITH CONWELL'S VOICE AND FACE AND MANNER THAT IS FULL OF FASCINATION AND YET IT IS SO SIMPLE IT IS PACKED FULL OF INSPIRATION OF SUGGESTION OF AID HE ALTERS IT TO MEET THE LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT PLACES IN WHICH HE DELIVERS IT BUT THE BASE REMAINS THE SAME AND EVEN THOSE TO WHOM IT IS AN OLD STORY WILL GO AND HEAR IT TIME AFTER TIME IT AMUSES HIM TO SAY THAT HE KNOWS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LISTENED TO IT TWENTY TIMES HE BEGINS WITH A STORY TOLD TO CONWELL BY AN OLD ARAB AS THE TWO JOURNEYED TOWARD NINE VEA AND AS TO LISTEN YOU HEAR THE ACTUAL VOICES AND YOU SEE THE SANDS OF THE DESERTS AND THE WAVING PALMS THE LECTURER'S VOICE IS SO EASY SO EFFORTLESS IT SEEMS SO ORDINARY AND MATTER OF FACT YET THE ENTIRE SCENE IS INSTANTLY VITAL AND ALIVE INSTANTLY THE MAN AND HIS AUDIENCE UNDER A SORT OF SPELL EAGER TO LISTEN READY TO BE MERRY OR GRAVE
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