Show Brevity the he Highest Point of 01 Eloquence The story Is told that when Abraham Abra Ahra ham Lincoln was conferring with a 8 committee over a 8 speech th the President dent was to make moke he be said If it I 1 am nm to talk 45 minutes I will not need any Imy anytime anytime time for preparation but If it I 1 am om to speak 10 minutes s 's I 1 would like a week to get my remarks ready Lincoln could say more In a 0 few tew words than thon any man of Ot modern times In literature ond oratory It has hns always al 01 at- at wo ways s been heen the brief simple lucid style of ot expression that has hns created the most lasting Impression The late Senator Beveridge was er never able to live down the quip of Dooley who described one of ot othIs his oratorical flights In the senate as asa asa asa a yo ye cud waltz to Many of our writers and public speakers sho should ld learn with Cicero that Brevity re Is 18 a 0 great praise of el elo quence Thrift Magazine |