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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. 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
spied me sitting there on the front seat. He came right forward on the platform and invited me up to sit with the town officers. No town officer ever took any notice of me before I went to war, except to advise the teacher to thrash me, and now I was invited up on the stand with the town officers. Oh my! the town mayor was then the emperor, the king of our day and our time. As I came up on the platform they gave me a chair about this far, I would say, from the front. When I had got seated, the chairman of the Selectmen arose and came forward to the table, and we all supposed he would introduce the Congregational minister, who was the only orator in town, and that he would give the oration to the returning soldiers. But, friends, you should have seen the surprise which ran over the audience when they discovered that the old fellow was going to deliver that speech himself. He had never made a speech in his life, but he fell into the same error that hundreds of other men have fallen into. ROUND WHEN HE SUDDENLY SPIED ME SITTING THERE ON THE FRONT SEAT HE CAME RIGHT FORWARD ON THE PLATFORM AND INVITED ME UP TO SIT WITH THE TOWN OFFICERS NO TOWN OFFICER EVER TOOK ANY NOTICE OF ME BEFORE I WENT TO WAR EXCEPT TO ADVISE THE TEACHER TO THRASH ME AND NOW I WAS INVITED UP ON THE STAND WITH THE TOWN OFFICERS O MY THE TOWN MAYOR WAS THEN THE EMPEROR THE KING OF OUR DAY AND OUR TIME AS I CAME UP ON THE PLATFORM THEY GAVE ME A CHAIR ABOUT THIS FAR I WOULD SAY FROM THE FRONT WHEN I HAD GOT SEATED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN ROSE AND CAME FORWARD TO THE TABLE AND WE ALL SUPPOSED HE WOULD INTRODUCE THE CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER WHO WAS THE ONLY ORATOR IN TOWN AND THAT HE WOULD GIVE THE ORATION TO THE RETURNING SOLDIERS BUT FRIENDS YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SURPRISE WHICH RAN OVER THE AUDIENCE WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE OLD FELLOW WAS GOING TO DELIVER THAT SPEECH HIMSELF HE HAD NEVER MADE A SPEECH IN HIS LIFE BUT HE FELL INTO THE SAME ERROR THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER MEN HAVE FALLEN INTO
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