| Show ROSCOE ORATORY now the great statesman cultivated and perfected it roscoe conkling gained fame as aa an all orator when but 23 bears eare of age in A campaign and ho be always advised advis a it aspiring young men to take a course of campaign training it if they asi to 10 influence in ill public me life all that lie considered necessary for any oung dung man of good education and fair ability to do to become ft a master of oratory was vw to cultivate the art with as aa persistent nt lull loll as a musician expends expend upon ills art his is own on power mr air II 11 liy jay rdward edward says in werners magala Mag aln come came from just juat ad such c 11 toll power pon er QS aj an orator 0 wits as due to yebra years of patient toll toil in his hi youth i and lit in fact throughout his life and he bestowed upon e ci y one of ili the a great orations which hf he delivered aa much libor and as great care as the pron meat tosi esL ot of must musicians ddn gives in teaming to Vell a composition ten by a master inister in his early dus das mr conkling made it a habit to read at least koft an hour or I 1 lv 0 every morning from one e 0 of f the best ix tt w aiters of knel brighh nh prose 11 1 le read rc d milton milto to if tile that he might gain A A I 1 8 and nd melodious now flow ot of I 1 language lur bago lie ho studied macaulay committing many anany passages fionn Macaula yit mont bril blant cava and 0 to o that hat liable babit ila ho attributed tri buted m whatever gift fiat lie afterward revealed of fascinating narration mr conkling in speaking once to tile the it flier said that thal he had been accustomed to read Ily ayrons rons poems the book of job some of jj plays Mil 2011 tons comus and had made jt it a habit hit bit II 11 bile dressing in the ilia morning morn trix to coram commit I 1 t from six to ton ten lines taken from some of these poems to meni memory ory and lie ho attributed facility as he had in tile ali use ot of anglish IL a facility eidth made him in some respects th the most fascinating speaker in congress since Wely a day to this habit of c committing extra extracts cn to memory and of or I 1 his with treasures trea suiTS from I 1 the be beat of english poet IL so 0 o that this astonishing capacity which distill gul ohel conkling above most moat of tile oratory of ills his time ila w not a native gift but vaa ilas only acquired offer after years of no then too mr practiced AJI aa eloquently a elocution eloc atlon lie he did not nol disdain to stand before a a glum that ho he might observe the effect of gestures which ho he made ills his idia idea of oratory nas that in some respects it was waa akin to tho the dramatic art and that tile most successful most be in a measure an all actor I 1 DISTINCT probably the most striking feature or of cot of ort oralou v maa din lit his distinct cleall or utterance wherever the sound bound or of ilia hla voice could be hearil heard the words could be plainly distinguished asked tor for thi the secret of this ahl buttera free lie ho once said that ti 14 one of tho the most moat important perhaps I 1 should may aay tho the element of thief importance to 10 successful oratory yet them in 1 no reason why by it should not dot ile be more easily mastered master rd than some home of the other requirements requirement it la Is iary ory simple it cependa entirely upon tits enunciation of the vowels iti fri every we word rd it you take care of the vowels the consonants will tako take care of themselves me ives for instance tak take the san te tenca nce anil mighty ocean roll poll on in all it thy Y grandeur and the wolds so that the vowels are sounded with still perfect ill stint knets find and you will any amon within sound of t your voice mill atilt havo have TIO no doubt abe about al I 1 what you live have said if you hink of becoming A public speaker my young ailt nd kt I 1 t mr ill give five you it a word 1 ord of ad ic e varni ot of nil all hi be sure that you on ha have ve to as aay that sou jou baak a 11 Il lessage for those whon lyno pepo 0 to address lot let it 11 be your own onn thought and not the thought of angov an bov V else that thai PA h the cornerstone corner torner stone of oratory orator without unit that no mailer after how asing il a marak r iu is fit may ILY lie iw you are arc after all nothing more than A mintle mimic us the he actor on the stage 14 next bp be of your vowels an oration lb ih worthless unless it IL ili IH heald and it will bouet not no be licule uhlein aou ou batch your bottoli 14 and then the third rule 1 19 liv be 1 I dont imitate any one elfie i jw and that Is a habit acquired only by it I 1 11 |
