. Youth's educator for home and society ... CHAPTER XL CONVERSATION AN ART. PEILE says—Reason and speech have seemed soinseparable to some that it has been maintainedthat man would not be man without speech. HenceShelleys well-known lines: He gave man speech, and speech created thought,Which is the measure of the universe. We think there are few who do not ardently desireto become good conversationalists. To be able tohold the attention of a circle of listeners, many ofwhom are strangers to you, and to make them anxiousto hear more from your lips, is a gift that few pos-sess. And yet it lies w
. Youth's educator for home and society ... CHAPTER XL CONVERSATION AN ART. PEILE says—Reason and speech have seemed soinseparable to some that it has been maintainedthat man would not be man without speech. HenceShelleys well-known lines: He gave man speech, and speech created thought,Which is the measure of the universe. We think there are few who do not ardently desireto become good conversationalists. To be able tohold the attention of a circle of listeners, many ofwhom are strangers to you, and to make them anxiousto hear more from your lips, is a gift that few pos-sess. And yet it lies within the power of all to contrib-ute to the pleasure of any group, by uttering somesuggestive thought, which in its turn may set anothertrain of thought in motion, and stimulate to betterthings. CONVERSING WELL. The ability to converse interestingly has been thestepping-stone to many a mans success in life. 118 B cy7 CONVERSATION AN ART. 119 There is not a human being in the possession of hisfaculties who cannot amuse and instruct other
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