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He choked and swallowed and came around to the table to look at the manuscript. HE CHOKED AND SWALLOWED AND CAME AROUND TO THE TABLE TO LOOK AT THE MANUSCRIPT
p 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. 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?” That would be impossible. But I am here for the lesson and not for the story, and this is the way it went: “Fellow-citizens--” As soon as he heard his voice his fingers began to go like that, his knees began to shake, and then he trembled all over. ECH 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 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 THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE BUT I AM HERE FOR THE LESSON AND NOT FOR THE STORY AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WENT FELLOW CITIZENS AS SOON AS HE HEARD HIS VOICE HIS FINGERS BEGAN TO GO LIKE THAT HIS KNEES BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN HE TREMBLED ALL OVER
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