Show foibles of Gr eatMon uy js i keroy walpole Wal tho statesman choso whoso brains and bribing establish edthe brouso of aranov er on tho british sh throne used to say of alio pretended patriots who supported him all these inen ibave their price ire had to deal with a venal age and found place and gold much more persuasive than arguments and patriotism this fact made hidu cynical but lord melbourne who served for many years as a leader in english politics used to say that his long tenure afonico had made him think better of mankind pitt according to wilberforce cc had arrived at a similar conclusion and alie era m which ho lived would not bo classed as the purest epoch of british history wo dp not in tah all men arico theory human nature yet on tho other hand we know that few dpn are their weaknesses these may provoke a from tho unthinking who have not observed what powerful factors little tunings arom determining success or failure mens vanity or their self con ness cr their love of approbation not mar their fortunes we had this fact recalled while running ali rough prof mat entertaining book on and erskine the most eloquent of ens glish advocates being a very vain man was morbidly sensitive to any appearance of inattention from tho court or even from the spectators in the court room an opposing attorney occa used this weakness of the orator for tho advantage of his the attorneys client the case was of such a nature as to beget alio expectation that erskind would make one of his thrilling addresses to the jury the shrewd unscrupulous attorney hired a sleepy headed man to plant himself beneath the judges scat and directly opposite where tho eloquent lawyer was wont to stand while speaking to the court and jury the fellow had received his instructions and just as erskine was working up a most ato climax the hind made a hideous grimace expressive of weariness erskind was confused hesitated stammered and the climax was ruined recovering himself the advocate wont on soon ho made one of those impressive pauses so effective in oratory alion well and timely done the follow destroyed its effect by a fearful yawn the peroration was splendid the I adge j ury and spectators in breathless silence suddenly the orator was staggered by a anoro so loud that tho ushers in court I tim last attack was much for ho vain self conscious orator ilo abruptly sat down and left his speech unfinished A worse failure ruined erskind in th of commons asiain ita caulp was tho mana vanity a weak Is the liello fox eliat has ical spoiled vine many an oratorical and when ho arose to make his speech pitt moved over to a table and took up a pen as if to make note for deply listening intently for a few minutes ho suddenly threw pan and paper on the floor and with a his contemptuous seat smile went baek to Erskine voice faltered be acita led anil tho most volubly of orators stammered through a much shorter speech than lio intended to deliver and sat failure lie never recovered from pitts real or feigned expression of ilie moral of elwe tiro fail urca should not be overlooked compi cuong by the youthful after oraton cal power if erkine had on cither of these occasions been more by hi subject than poa by his vanity ho would have rushed alio malicious ob lacle which tumbled over him flat to tho ground an advocate more anxious to impress tatt jury with his cause than with lia fame aa an a statesman IMS nervous about tho of hi roelf than about tho reception adoption of his ideas would in their headless head lens earnestne have way patty obstacles clen W HP ducr weep away village which bars id blighty rubb |