Public Speech Blog

There is only one way to get feeling into your speaking--and whatever else you forget, forget not this: _You must actually ENTER INTO_ the character you impersonate, the cause you advocate, the case you argue--enter into it so deeply that it clothes you, enthralls you, possesses you wholly. Then you are, in the true meaning of the word, in_sympathy_ with your subject, for its feeling is your feeling, you "feel with" it, and therefore your enthusiasm is both genuine and contagious.The Carpenter who spoke as "never man spake" uttered words born out of a passion of love for humanity--he had entered into humanity, and thus became Man.