Show the a conversation to converse well Is a very great charm says huskin you think everybody can talk how mistaken you are anybody can ex change idle gossip anybody can re capitulate the troubles 0 the kitchen the cost ol 01 the last new dress and the probable doings 0 the neighbors but to talk wisely instructively fresh ly and delightfully Is an immense ac it implies exertion observation study of books and people the receptivity of impression plato banished the musicians from his feasts that the charms of conver 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 the face so the conversation reveals the mind |