Deseret Evening News | 1906-08-22 | Page 4 | Appetite for Platitudes

APPETITE FOR PLATITUDES New ew York r lOft lest Dread of ot platitudes platitude may moy clip till tie the winget win of settle ome orators om tor but bul It If It I not nol a common telling falling In ilk this country Many Mail of o our most admired public t will Und stand alongside H lit platitude without hitching Mt Ir speeches I he In and 1998 did not draw raw the crowd be bt because CUM cause they were wre absolutely fresh rr l novel and We AVe presume that thai Prell Preal President dent loosevelt could go 10 out tomorrow and get rapturous applause for tor the th performance of ot courage Ours honesty and common tens en or the Mth of fr we I I inu must t play pia a great reat part whether we want ant to or not hot The popular appetite for the familiar and the trite In litera literature I Ilu ture tute lu and especially et II In oratory seems seem rn i almost unbounded It 11 was WA on this ground lOUnd that Col Hay lIa explained eX th lh s of ot the writings and nd of or tf Dr Holland Why WilY he lee h paid al l penile taw saw In itt them thene the thought thou hU sad and r exp dons alone with which bith they had hid been bf n tar lar eli alt their live hives and naturally thy were mighty mIght glad to 10 meet such Much old ac acquaintance a tt I q i I iI