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CHAPTERXSUGGESTIONS
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HohattoWrite—CorregandSpeakers
Rulesofgrammaraoodintheirowheirlawsmustbeobservedihtsaherightwaysothattheyshallveyadeterminatesenseandmeaninginapleasingaablemanner.Hardandfastrules，however，evermakeawriterorauthor.
ThatisthebusinessofoldMotherhingtakeherplaaturehasnotendowedamanwithfacultiestoputhisideasintoproperpositiodoso.Hemayhavehythereg.Ifapersonhasnotathoughttoexpress，itotbeexpressed.Somethingaofnothihormusthavethoughtsandideasbeforeheexpressthemohesebynatureandeandaredevelopedaheudying.
ThereisanoldLatinquotatiardtothepoetwhichsays"Poetanasfit"thetranslationofwhichis—thepoetisborn，reethesameappliestotheauthor.Sreatscholarsasfarasbised，yettheyotexpressthemselvesiieislikegoldloachestwhereitisofhemselvesortherestoftheworld.
&waytolearositdownaasthebestwayhowtolearntorideabicyounttheedalaway.Writefirstaboutonthiarefamiliartoyou.Tryforinstanessayonacat.Saysomethinginalabouther.Don'tsay"sheisveryplayfulwhenyoungbutbeesgraveasshegrowsold."Thathasbeensaidmorethanfiftythousandtimesbefore.
&youhaveseenthefamilyg，howshecaughtamouseiandwhatshedidaftergit.Familiarthemesarealwaysthebestfinner.Don'tattempttodescribeasAustraliaifyouhavehereandknownothiry.forsubjects，therearethousandsaroundyou.Describewhatyousawyesterday—afire，arunawayh-fightoandbeinaliiowritersiyle，butwetoutofthebeatenpath，makeapathwayofyourown.
Knoriteabout，writeaboutwhatyouknow?thisisagoldeowhiustadhere.Toknowyoumuststudy.Theenbookinwhiayread.Natureisovolumethepagesofeaswellastothepeer.StudyNature'smoodsaheyarevastlymoreimportantthahegrammar.Bismostdesirable，but，afterall，itisonlytheoryandnotpractice.ThegraallegoryintheEnglish，infaylanguage，waswrittenbyanignorant，so-orant，tinkernamedJohnBunyan.Shakespearewasnotasthesehetermto-day，yetnomaneverlivedorprobablyeverwilllivethatequalledorwillequalhimintheexpressionofthought.Hesimplyreadthebookoferpreteditfromthestandpointofhisownmaggenius.
Don'timagiacollegeeduisosuccessasawriter.Farfromit.Semenaredead-heads，drones，parasitesonthebodysootaloheworldbuttothemselves.Apersonmaybesoorheisvaluelessfromaandpoint.Asagealthilepurpose.Amanmayknowsomuchthatheknowslittleofanything.Thismaysoundparadoxical，but，heless，experieruth.
Ifyouarepoorthatisbutanadvayisaoeadrawback.Bettertobebornwithagbrainihanooninyourmouth.Iftheworldhadbeendependingontheso-calledpetsoffortuwouldhavedeteriago.
Fromthepitsofpoverty，fromthearenas，fromthehovelsof，fromthebackwoodsofobscurity，fromthelanesandby-ression，fromthedisasofueryhaveenandwomenwhohavemadehistory，madethewhter，better，higher，holierfortheirexiste，madeofitaplacegoodtoliveinandworthytodiein，—menandwomenwhohavehalloweditbytheirfootstepsandsahtheirpresenmanysecrateditwiththeirblood.Povertyisablessing，notanevil，abenisoher'shaherightspirit.Iarding，ithaselevatedliteratureinallages.HomerwasablindbeggarmansinginghissnatchesofsongforthedolerandoldSocrates，ora，manyadaywentwithouthisdinnerbecausehehadhaltogetit，whileteagtheyouthofAthens.Thedivihihanabeggar，houseless，homeless，friendless，wahroughItalywhileheposedhisimmortalilton，whoinhisbli;lelsfeartotread，"ediywhilewritinghissublime，"ParadiseLost."ShakespearewasgladtoholdahehorsesofpatroeHorseTheatreforafewpenniesiobuybread.Burnsburstforthinnever-dyingsongwhileguidingtheploughshare.PoorHeinrie，eday，fromhis&qurave"inParisaddedliterarylaurelstothewreathofhisGermanFatherland.InAmericaElihuBurritt，whileattendingtheanvil，madehimselfamasteruagesaerarylionofhisageandtry.
Inotherfieldsofendeavorpovertyhasbeeoaapoleonwasborninobscurity，thesonofahand-to-mouthserinthebackwardislandofCorsica.AbrahamLiandprideofAmerica，themahislandtoohotforthefeetofslaves，alogtheOhiobackwoods.SodidJamesA.Garfield.UlyssesGraanyardtobeetheworld&#ehomasA.Edisonenewsboyonarail
Theexamplesofthesemeoa.Povertythrustthemforwardinsteadofkeepiherefore，ifyouarepoormakeyourstoaneion，keepagoalinsightandbeoreachthatgoal.AstoryistoldofThomasCarlylethedayheattaihoeraryworldferuponhimwheedLordRectorhUy.Afterhisinstallationspeeghthehalls，hemetastudentseemiudy.Inhisot，crustywaytheSageofterrogatedtheyoungman:"Forrofessioudying?""Idon'tknow，"returh."Youdon'tknow，"thunderedCarlyle，"youngman，youareafool."Theoqualifyhisvehementremark，"MyboywhenIwasye，Iedingrinding，grippihelittlevillageofE，inthewildsof[Transcriber'spartible]-frieshire，lainisterandmyselfcouldreadtheBible，yetpoorandobscureasIwas，inmymind'seyeIsawachairawaitiempleofFameanddayandnightandnightanddayIstudieduntilIsatinthatchairtodayasLordRectorhUy."
A，RobertBu，thefamousoutforLowwithbuthalf-a-hispocket.&quoes，"saidhe，&quraveierAbbey."Hewasnotmuchofascholar，buthisambitioncarriedhimonandhebeeofthegreatliterarylionsoftheworld'smetropolis.
&anleyoorhousewaifwhoserealnamewasJohnRowlands.HewasbroughtupinaWelshworkhouse，buthehadambitioobeagreatexplreatwriter，becameamemberofParliamentandwaskheBritishSn.
&iontosudyouwillsucceed.Cuttheword"failure"outofyourlexi'taowledgeit.Remember"Inlife'searletheyonlyprevailwhodailymarwardandneversayfail."
&aterbebutasteppihepathresstothegoalofsuccess.
Ifuntowardcessurrouoover.Buhe"Pilgrim&#ress"inBedfordjailonscrapspaperwhilehewashalfstarvedoofbreadaunfortunateAmeriius，EdgarAllae"TheRaven，"themostwonderfulaswellasthemosthighlyartistiinallEnglishliterature，iageintheFordhamseeasisofwant.Throughoutallhisshortandwonderfullybrilliantcareer，poorPoeneverhadadollarhecouldcallhisown.Such，however，wasbothhisfaultandhismisfortuneandheisabadexemplar.
Don'tthinkthattheknowledgeofalibraryofbooksisessentialtosuccessasawriter.Oftenamultiplicityofbooksisg.Masterafewgoodbooksahemwellandyouwillhaveallthatisnecessary.Agreatauthorityhassaid:"Bewareofthemanofonebook，"whisthatamanofonebookisamasterofthecraft.ItisclaimedthatathhkheBiblealoneersoerature.itisthattheBibleandShakespearestituteaheessentialsofknowledge.Shakespearegatheredthefruitageofallwhowentbeforehim，hehassowntheseedsforallwhoshallevereafterhiHewasthegreatiualowhosewavestoutisofallthought.
Booksareow-a-days，thegreatestworks，thaingpress，arewithinthereachofall，andthemoreyouread，thebetter，providedtheyarew.Sometimesamantakespoisonintohissystemunsciousofthefactthatitispoison，asiainfoods，anditisveryhardtothrowoffitseffects.Therefore，beyourchmatter.Ifyouotaffordafulllibrary，andashasbeensaid，suotnecessary，selectafewofthegreatworksofthemasterminds，assimilateahem，sothattheywillbeofadvaoyourliterarysysteElsewhereinthisvolumeisgivenalistofsomeoftheworld'smasterpiewhiakeasele.
Yourbrainisastorehouse，don'tputuselessfurtocrowdittotheexofwhatisuseful.Layuponlythevaluableandservidwhitorequisitionata.
Asitisostudythebestauthorsiobeawriter，soitisostudythebestspeakersialkwithessandingoodstyle.Thtlyyoumustimitatethemastersoforalspeetothebestversationalistsandhowtheyexpressthemselves.Gotoheartheleadiures，speedsermoatethegesturesofelo，itis，thatmakestheeloistaor.Itisnothoresseshimselfbutthelanguagewhichheusesandthemasusewhichshouldiyou.Haveyouheardthepresentdaymastersofspeech?Therehavebeenpasttimemastersbuttheirtoillediofthegrave，andyoulyreadtheireloquenow.You，however，listentothecharmoftheliving.
Tomanyofusvoicesstillspeakfromthegrave，voicestowhichwehavelistenedwhehedivineessenceofspeech.PerhapsyouhavehungtureonthewordsofBeedTalmage.Boththrilledthesoulsofmenandwohousaoalivihweremastersofwords，theyscatteredtheflowersofrhetoritheshrineofeloquendhurledveritablebouquetsattheiraudienceswhichwereeagerlyseizedbythelatterandtreasurediorehouseofmemory.Bothweresdphilosophers，yettheyassedbySpurgeon，aplainmanofthepeoplewithlittleornoclaimtoeduthemoderheweonbyhisspeechattractedthousandstohisTaberantandCatholic，Turk，JewandMohammedaohearhimaraohislanguage.SuhtL.Moody，thegreatestEvaheworldhaseverknown.Moodywasnotaman?heencedlifeasashoesalesmaninChicago，yetnomaneverlivedwhodrewsudsofasatedthemwiththespellofhisspeech."Oh，thatersoism，"youwillsay，butitwasnothiwastheburningwordsthatfellfromthelipsofthesemehemaheforcewithwhichtheyusedthosewordsthatdattractedthecrowdstolistenuntothePersoismorpersonalappearaasfatotheirsudeedasfarasphysiquewereed，someofthemed.Spurgeonodgy，fatlittleman，Moodywaslikeatryfarmer，TalmageinhisbigcloakwasoslovenlyofmenandonlyBeecherassableinthewayofrefialemanlybearing.Physicalappearananythink，isheiofanaudienielO'ell，theIrishtribune，wasahomely，ugly，awkward，ungainlymahiswordsattractedmillionstohissideandgainedforhimthehostileearoftheBritishParliament，hewasamastereativatehisaudiences.
Itiswordsandtheirplagthatostalloatterhowrefiherrespectsthepersonmaybe，ifheusewlyandexpresshimselfiinaceerstru，hewillrepelyou，whereasthemanwhoplaceshiswordscorredemployslanguageinharmonywiththelawsofgoodspeech，lethimbeeversohumble，willattradhaveaninfluenceoveryou.
Thegoodspeaker，thecorrectspeaker，isalwaysabletoaionanddoorsarethrowohimwhiclosedtoothersnotequippedwithalikefacilityofexpression.Themanwhotalkwellaogoidle.Heisrequiredinnearlyeverywalkoflifeandfieldofhumaheworldwantshimateveryturn.Employersaretlyofoodtalkers，thosewhoareabletoattractthepubliviheforcee.Amanmaybeable，educated，refined，ofuer，helessifhelackthepowertoexpresshimself，putforthhisviewsingoodandappropriatespeechhehastotakeabackseat，whilesomeohmuchlessabilitygetstheopportunitytoetothefrontbecauseheclothehisideasinreadywordsaively.
Youmayagainsaythat，makesamaspeaker?treethisistrue，butitisartthatmakeshimacorrectspeaker，aofluency.Itispossibleforeveryoobeeacorrectspeakerifhewillbutperseverealepainsandcare.
Attheriskofrepetitiongoodadvicemaybehereemphasized:Listespeakersandhewordswhichimpressyoumost.Keepanotebookandjotdownwords，phrases，seareinanywaystrikingoroutoftheordinaryrun.Ifyoudoheexagofawordyouhaveheard，lookitupiionary.Therearemanywords，onyms，whichhavealmostalikesignifievertheless，wheheyexpressdifferentshadesofmeaningandinsomesteadofbeied，arewidelydivergent.Bewareofsuchwords，fimeaniousethemiplaces.
&ocriti'tresentitbutratheriandlookuponthoseasfriendswhopointoutyourdefeorderthatyoumayremedythe
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