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It is seldom that he uses an illustration from what he has read; everything is, characteristically, his own. IT IS SELDOM THAT HE USES AN ILLUSTRATION FROM WHAT HE HAS READ EVERYTHING IS CHARACTERISTICALLY HIS OWN
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. 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. SLY 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 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
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