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"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. 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
 “It is easy to raise a laugh, but dangerous, for it is the greatest test of an orator’s control of his audience to be able to land them again on the solid earth of sober thinking.” I have known him at the very end of a sermon have a ripple of laughter sweep freely over the entire congregation, and then in a moment he has every individual under his control, listening soberly to his words. He never fears to use humor, and it is always very simple and obvious and effective. With him even a very simple pun may be used, not only with-out taking away from the strength of what he is saying, but with a vivid increase of impressiveness. And when he says something funny it is in such a delightful and confidential way, with such a genial, quiet, infectious humorousness, that his audience is captivated. And they 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 are to enjoy with him. AND EVERY LECTURE THAT HE DELIVERS IT IS EASY TO RAISE A LAUGH BUT DANGEROUS FOR IT IS THE GREATEST TEST OF AN ORATOR'S CONTROL OF HIS AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO LAND THEM AGAIN ON SOLID EARTH OF SOBER THINKING I HAVE KNOWN HIM AT THE VERY END OF A SERMON TO HAVE A RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER SWEEP OVER THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION AND THEN IN A MOMENT HE HAS EVERY INDIVIDUAL UNDER HIS CONTROL LISTENING SOBERLY TO HIS WORDS HE NEVER FEARS TO USE HUMOR AND IT IS ALWAYS VERY SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS AND EFFECTIVE WITH HIM EVEN A VERY SIMPLE PUN MAY BE USED NOT ONLY WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE STRENGTH OF WHAT HE IS SAYING BUT WITH A VIVID INCREASE OF IMPRESSIVENESS AND WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING FUNNY IT IS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL AND CONFIDENTIAL WAY WITH SUCH A GENIAL QUIET EFFECTIOUS HUMOROUSNESS THAT HIS AUDIENCE IS CAPTIVATED AND THEY 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
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