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There were many sad failures and tears, but it was a restful compromise with my conscience concerning the ministry, and it pleased my friends. THERE WERE MANY SAD FAILURES AND TEARS BUT IT WAS A RESTFUL COMPROMISE WITH MY CONSCIENCE CONCERNING THE MINISTRY AND IT PLEASED MY FRIENDS
rofessions and for decent excuses for being anything but a preacher. Yet while I was nervous and timid before the class in declamation and dreaded to face any kind of an audience, I felt in my soul a strange impulsion toward public speaking which for years made me miserable. The war and the public meetings for recruiting soldiers furnished an outlet for my suppressed sense of duty, and my first lecture was on the “Lessons of History” as applied to the campaigns against the Confederacy. That matchless temperance orator and loving friend, John B. Gough, introduced me to the little audience in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1862. What a foolish little school-boy speech it must have been! But Mr. Gough’s kind words of praise, the bouquets and the applause, made me feel that somehow the way to public oratory would not be so hard as I had feared. From that time I acted on Mr. Gough’s advice and “sought practice” by accepting almost every invitation I received to speak on any kind of a subject. ER PROFESSIONS AND FOR DECENT EXCUSES FOR BEING ANYTHING BUT A PREACHER YET WHILE I WAS NERVOUS AND TIMID BEFORE THE CLASS IN DECLAMATION AND DREADED TO FACE ANY OF THE AUDIENCE I FELT IN MY SOUL A STRANGE IMPULSION TOWARD PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR WHICH YEARS MADE ME MISERABLE THE WAR AND THE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR RECRUITING SOLDIERS FURNISHED ME AN OUTLET FOR MY SUPPRESSED SENSE OF DUTY AND MY FIRST LECTURE WAS ON THE LESSONS OF HISTORY AS APPLIED TO THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY THAT MATCHLESS TEMPERANCE ORATOR AND LOVING FRIEND JOHN B GOUGH INTRODUCED ME TO THE LITTLE AUDIENCE IN WESTFIELD MASSACHUSETTS IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO WHAT A FOOLISH LITTLE SCHOOLBOY'S SPEECH IT MUST HAVE BEEN BUT MISTER GOE'S KIND WORDS OF PRAISE THE BOUQUETS AND THE APPLAUSE MADE ME FEEL THAT SOMEHOW THE WAY TO PUBLIC ORATORY WOULD NOT BE SO HARD AS I HAD FEARED FROM THAT TIME I ACTED ON MISTER GOUGH'S ADVICE AND SOUGHT PRACTICE BY ACCEPTING ALMOST EVERY INVITATION I RECEIVED TO SPEAK ON ANY KIND OF SUBJECT
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