Preaching and public speaking; a manual for the use of preachers of the gospel and public speakers in general . the blood and pores will get rid of —which are merely cracks in a tissue that has in it toomuch mineral matter to bend—may thus be rubbed out. Stiffnessin back, in knee, in arm, in neck, or other part of the body may inlike manner be cured, if we would give our own bodies the samecare and dressing down, which any jocky deems necessary tokeep his horses in trim. All which means that wo should pay at-tention to diet, so as to avoid too rapid ossification, and to breath-ing
Preaching and public speaking; a manual for the use of preachers of the gospel and public speakers in general . the blood and pores will get rid of —which are merely cracks in a tissue that has in it toomuch mineral matter to bend—may thus be rubbed out. Stiffnessin back, in knee, in arm, in neck, or other part of the body may inlike manner be cured, if we would give our own bodies the samecare and dressing down, which any jocky deems necessary tokeep his horses in trim. All which means that wo should pay at-tention to diet, so as to avoid too rapid ossification, and to breath-ing, bathing, and physical culture, so as to free ourselves—for ahundred years at least—from its relentless grip. Now, if an Elder is careful to preserve throughout life theflexibility of movement that it is his privilege to enjoy, his bcrlywill naturally assume those attitudes which will best give expres-sion to the varying emotions of his preaching. What these are canbe learned from works especially given to this subject. My spacewill permit me to discuss only the movements of the feet and How to Place the Feet.—The dignity of a speakers at-titude depends in no small degree upon the disposition of his feetupon the floor. In the chapter on Personal Bearing, it was insistedthat the weight should be upon the balls of tlie feet. xVnother gen-eral principle to be constantly borne in mind is to keep the kneesstraight and energized. This in itself will tend to throw the weightforward and thus obviate the weakness of pose which coni^s fromsettling down upon the heels. But it is not the best attitude to 420 PREACHING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING. place the weight equally on hoth feet. Better have, say, three-fourths on the foot behind and one-fourth on that in front. Figure 1 represents the most natural and most graceful posi-tion of the feet for the ordinary unimpassioned discourse. Themost of the weight, as indicated by the shading, is on the ball ofthe left foot. The right
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