Show OF ELOQUENCE 1 I owe my success in lif lifo 0 to ono single fact narno ly at the age of twenty seven I 1 corn com fenced and continued fl for or years tho process of daily ioa leading ding and speaking upon the file contents conten tg of a historical or scientific book these offhand off hand efforts were sometimes iu in a cornfield at others in the foiest and not onfre 1111 frequently in some distant barn with tho horse and cow for py my auditors it is ia to this early practice in tho the great art of all arts that I 1 am indebted cd for the primary and leading impulses that stimulated me forward and shaped and my entire subsequent destiny improve then my young gentlemen the advantages you enjoy let not a day pass without exen ewing your powers of speech there is is no power like oratory caesar controlled men b by ly exciting 0 their fears cicero by cap tiva ting their affections and swaying their passions the jiff luence of the one perished with its author ti eliat t of f the other continues to this day henry clay cay |