Show conversation the power to converse well Is a very great charm says buskin ruskin you think everybody can talk how mistaken you are anybody can ex change idle gossip anybody can caa re capitulate the troubles ot of the kitchen the cost of the last new dress and the probable doings of the neighbors but to talk wisely instructively fresh ly a and nd delightfully Is an immense ac it implies exertion observation study of books and people the receptivity of impression plato banished the musicians irom from bis his feasts that the charms of conver gatlon might have no interference but in our later fashions many prefer music rather than the gossip of the hour which often degenerates into trivialities wearisome and common place As a mirror reflects acts the face so the conversation reveals the mind |