| Show KOSSUTH AS AN ORATOR in appearance and the finest speaker of sla time in appearance kossuth was taller than americans had been led to sup-pose his face had an expression of pen-ettrating intellect writes parko god-win recalling the american visit in of the great hungarian patriot in a paper of tho great personal events series in the ladies home journal it was long the forehead broad but not excessively high though a slight baldness made it seem BO and the chin narrow but square in its form hia hair was thin m front and dark brown as was bis beard which was quite long but not very thick and arranged with neatness and taste his mustache was heavy and rather long his eyes were very large and of a light blue his complexion was pale As a speaker his manner was at once incom-parably dignified and graceful his posture and appearance in repose were imposing not only from their essential grace and dignity but from a sense of power they impressed upon the beholder he spoke as if with little preparation and with that peculiar freshness which belongs to extemporaneous speaking and the wonderful compactness and art of his argument were not felt until you reflected upon it afterward he gesticu-lated freely equally well with both arms nothing could be more beautiful in its way than was the sweep of his right hand as it was raised to heaven when he spoke of the deity nothing tweeter than the smile which at times mantled his face beyond a doubt he was the greatest of orators then living |
