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As he stood in that elocutionary attitude, friends, this is just the way that speech went. Some people say to me, "Don't you exaggerate?" AS HE STOOD IN THAT ELOCUTIONARY ATTITUDE FRIENDS THIS IS THE WAY THAT SPEECH WENT NOW SOME PEOPLE SAY TO ME DON'T YOU EXAGGERATE
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. 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 must have studied the subject a great deal, when you come to think of it, because he assumed an “elocutionary” attitude. He rested heavily upon his left heel, threw back his shoulders, slightly advanced the right foot, opened the organs of speech, and advanced his right foot at an angle of forty-five. 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 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 HE MUST HAVE STUDIED THE SUBJECT A GREAT DEAL WHEN YOU COME TO THINK OF IT BECAUSE HE ASSUMED AN ELOCUTIONARY ATTITUDE HE RESTED HEAVILY ON HIS LEFT HEEL THREW BACK HIS SHOULDERS SLIGHTLY ADVANCED THE RIGHT FOOT OPENED THE ORGANS OF SPEECH AND ADVANCED HIS RIGHT FOOT AT AN ANGLE OF FORTY FIVE
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