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Show VOICE AS INDEX OF MIND. How to Get a Mild, Gentle and Sympathetic Sym-pathetic Speech. Cultlvnto a mild, gentle nnd sympn-thotlc'volce, sympn-thotlc'volce, says Elbort Hubbard In Llpplncott's. And tho wny to sccuro n mild, gen-tlo gen-tlo and sympathetic voice Is to bo mild, gentle und sympathetic. Tho volco Is tho Index of tho soul. Chlldron do not pay much attontlon to your words they Judgo of your In-tonts In-tonts by your voice. Your volco reassures. "My sheep know my volco." Wo Judgo ono another moro by volco than language, for volco colors .speech, and If your volco duos not corroborate your words, doubt will follow. fol-low. Wo nro won or repelled by n voice. Your dog doe not oboy your words; ho does, howover, read your Intents In your voice. Tho best wny to cultlvnto a volco Is not to think about It. Actions become regal only whon they nro unconscious; nnd tho volco that convinces, that holds us captive, that leads and lures ua on, Is usod by Its owner unconsciously. Fix your mind on the thought, nnd the voice will follow. If you fear you will not ho understood, you nro losing tho thought It 1b slipping away from you and you nro thinking of tho volco. Then your volco rises to a screech, subsides Into a purr, or bellows bel-lows llko tho vagrant winds. Anxiety nnd Intent uro shown, nnd your enso Is lost If you fear you will not ho understood, under-stood, you probably will not. If tho volco Is allowed to como naturally, cuslly, gently, It will tako on every tint und emotion of the mind. And so. to get back to tho placo of begluulng, tho advice Is this; Tho best way to cultivate tho volco la not to cultivate It. The volco Is tho sounding-board of tho soul. God made it right. It your soul Is filled with truth, your volco will vlbratt with lovo, echo with sympathy auo fill your hearers with tho deslro tc do, to bo and to become. Your deslro will bo theirs, Ily their voices yo shall know thorn Pcnco bo still! Keel thnt, and then say It, and your volco shall bo a word of command that even tho olo monts will oboy. |