ment of I

)nstantly draw in cases of emergency. it
possible for the speaker to extemporize
is not in the mind. And further, all read-
nd study should be done with such care
every idea thus acquired will be so thor-
y wrought out as to be available when we
to communicate our ideas to others.
itk. In public speaking, one of the great
-s of success is a knowledge of human na-
To acquire this the speaker should care-
study men -the passions and impulses
influence mankind-their phrenological
cteristics, and know them as they are. To
Is, he should freely mingle in society, in-
aging ideas, and seeking every opportu-
or the practice of extempore speaking.
tth. An important element necessary to
3s in the off -hand speaker is courage.
- it is essential that he use choice and fit-
anguage in the expression of ideas, let him
esitate, when he has commenced a sentence,
se he cannot readily call to mind the exact
age necessary to beautifully clothe the
,ht. Push vigorously through to the end,
though at a sacrifice, for a time, of the
perfect forms of speech.. This courage
dare stand up and speak a sentence un-
natically even, is necessary to make the
speaker of the future.
.ally, while all cannot become equally
ient in oratory, the industrious student of
ye talent who earnestly resolves to win
3s as an extempore speaker, will find him-
n the majority of cases, in time, self-pos-

COMPOSITION.
0 be able to talk correctly, the stu-
dent should first be able to write
properly. Not only should penman-
ship be plain and easy, words rightly
spelled, capitals correctly used, and
'-     sentences grammatically- constructed
and punctuated, but much depends, also, be-
yond that, upon the style of composition, mode
of expression, and language used, whether it
be acceptable to readers and hearers, or not.
As a rule, with the great sea of literature
about us, the writer of to-day who is original
and condenses ideas into the smallest space,
whether in the sermon, book, business letter,
or newspaper article, is much the most likely to
have readers or hearers. The aim of the wri-
ter should therefore be, first, to say something
new, presenting a subject fraught with original
ideas; and second, to give those ideas in the
fewest possible words consistent with agreeable
expression.
"Why did you not make that article more
brief ? "said an editor to his correspondent.
"Because," said the writer, "I did not have
time."
The idea sought to be conveyed, concerning
brevity, is clearly shown in that answer of the
correspondent. It is an easy matter to dress
ideas in many words. It requires much more
care, however, to clearly state the same idea in
less words.
The chief merit of Shakespeare is the thought
conveyed in, few words; the meaning that we
catch beyond the words expressed.
Those poets that will live in immortality have