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Show FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY Man With the "Talent for Silence" Generally Recognized for Strong Personage He Is. There is a "gift of gab" and there Is a "talent for silence." Everybody classifies somewhere under four headings: head-ings: Those who say nothing because they have nothing to say; those who have nothing to say, but say it; those who have something to say and say It, and those who say nothing in spite of having something to say. The last named are rare, says a writer in the Boston Globe. It behooves those who have the "gift of gab" to strive for the f'talent for silence," and those who Cave the "talent for silence" to try to cqulre some "gift of gab." But better a thousand gabblers than the silence of one cold, cunning man Who encouraged ardent and generous people to do all the talking in order that he may conceal his cards while they show theirs. That silence Is common com-mon among men whom authority and wealth have made crafty. Character speaks a language of Its own. The silent man does not need to speak in order to make himself heard. We "sense" his opinions and dread his silent disapproval more than open reproaches. . . . The man Who can bear complaints without complaining; com-plaining; who can take an earful of Insult without retorting; who can endure en-dure mfsjudgment without a fit of the sulks the man who keeps his mouth shut and saws wood he is such a force In the community as he little dreams of being. It Is not anything that he does; It Is what he Is. |