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PN 4165.089 1902
W'
BY
AUTHOR OF
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HOW
Publishers
West
15TH Street,
New York
City
AMHERST OTT
& NOBLE
PREFACE
This book
to
is
of oratory.
author believes
be
scientific.
is
It
employs the method of teaching gesture by using symbols with typical sentences, a
many
successes.
claim originaUty.
used by
the
prac-
work employs quotations so familiar that every one will recognize them and all should memorize them. Thus the student acquires, apparently without effort,
hundreds of maxims, apt ideas well put; and, better
still,
many
facility in
smoothness of
CmcAGO,
Illinois,
i,
September
1902.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction
CHAPTER
I.
vii
Exhortation
Beginnings
II.
6 8
13 18
III.
Presence
Legs and Feet
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
The Arms and Hands as a Unit The Elbows and Hands Shoulders, Chest, and Head
Walking the Platform
Pictures on the Platform
26
31
35
IX.
43
50
54
X.
XI.
Descriptive Action
The Will
Transition
in Expression
XII.
XIII.
....
is
58 63
XIV.
Long Con67
71
XV. XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
Alternate Gestures
Special Motions and Positions
76 79
Attitudes
84
XIX.
XX.
XXI. XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
Judgment in Gesture General Rules and Suggestions Quotations Quotations from the Bible Quotations from the Latin Quotations and Studies from Various Authors Miscellaneous Quotations and Studies
. .
90
95
100
102
105
.
109
124
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Christ
Frontispiece
PAGE
PAiX2!a?im\Sv!XQa\a.
8(a)
{A Study
lo {a)
The
Quarrel
{A Lesson
in Feet Position)
.18 (a)
26 (a)
in
36 (a)
A Domestic
The Wine
44 {a)
52 (a)
Cellar
{A Lesson
in
Extravagant Action)
The
Strike
{A Lesson
in the Expression
of Intense Moods)
60 (a)
68 (a)
A Cavalry Encounter A Wonderful Story {A Lesson in Listening) A Labor of Love {A Study in the Expression
The
Last
76 {a)
84 (a)
92 {a)
of the Hands)
Hope
and Hands)
Listening
........
and Grouping)
. . . .
Arms
100(a)
(a)
(A Lesson
in Attitude
.106
.
A Ba.sh{u.l
114(a)
122 (a)
INTRODUCTION
This book does not aim
of expression.
to teach
Its
at presenting a philosophy
is,
design
by
method
of practice,
how
to gesture.
The method
involved has
grown out of
emotions of
studies
men and
successful scientists
and
artists.
It is
thus really a
is
a term which, in
its
of the bodily
made
be-
facial expression.
text.
The
latter is
not
are
Gymnastic
drills also
work of expression. The two studies should correyet it would be better, perhaps, if physical culture
;
drills
However,
all
purely physical
must get them either from his books on the subject. It does not seem best to formulate a theory of acting or of oratory, but to embody our method in the drills
VIU
laid
INTRODUCTION
down.
If to satisfy the
mind, a student
is
desirous
he
may
read
Emotions of
advantage Darwin's book. The Expression of the Men and Animals, and kindred books.
best advice, however, that can be given to one
The
desires to
tice
make
to prac-
much and
it
The
anxious theorist
;
An
is
art
cannot be read
it
must be
of the
experienced;
must be practiced.
in the author's
man
philosophic school
mind; he knows
why
why a dog barks or wags its tail, but he was never known to make an effective speech. The
a
winks,
man
artist,
nor should
it.
He
its art.
He
is
Gesture
is
Grace-
in themselves.
Who
some consummate
felt his
who
filled his
dramatic pauses
An
instru-
ment
mob
has
been hushed
awe by a
single
Wendell
and was
all
it
by presenting
look, a
wave
was
done.?
still;
listen.
How
Learn.
INTRODUCTION
ix
The
ing his
all,
own
powers,
prescribed
practice
will follow
toward
definite ends.
Only disappointment
an intelligent method.
Impression
and Expression
As every
some
gesture
is
will readily
be understood
exe-
book should be
and affectation. The lessons from the text must be given life from the spirit of the student. Every motion should be subordinated to its
purpose.
Imitation.
Individuality
awakening of emotion."
awakening
of
and eventually
to certain
thoughts.
When
will
we
We
X
In Other words, he
INTRODUCTION
is
not to
move
He
process of practice, he
expression.
to
perfect his
He
is
to
deepen
actions, enlarge
If,
upon
his individuality.
in the practice of
any
of the
own
personality, a serious
of the student
made.
if
cannot be retained
Is a student's gesture
awkward,
or his
manner
halting.? the
Then
and avoid
it
Individuality
is
when
it is
Suggestion to Pupils
Practice
all
and
Teachers
the
sweep
Adapt the
and while
sitting.
"5
enthusiastic^
CHAPTER
Exhortation
The
man
and
is
less ox indifferent
manner.
It is
only
necessary, therefore, in
alert, gloriously alive.
the
work
be thoroughly
rest,
After a
If
thorough
to
do good work.
be a
good preliminary
to
There should be no lack of enthusiasm in such an interesting work. There are two distinct purposes that may constantly be kept before the mind first, to realize
:
we
meet.
be given
we simply make
the
how far emotions and expresses the character of the work the
the manner in which people do their work, and
2
individual.
EXHORTATION
All of the observations should be
make them
of service.
made The
by
strong
:
as indicated
their
movements how they enter a room and leave it even how they turn the pages of a book. The decision and firmness with which the acts of intense peopie are
performed are
in themselves a lesson.
Inasmuch as the
presses the hfe that
intensity of
is
be a reserve
to draw.
life,
force, a
Hence
live
a hygienic
let
eat
rest
be undisturbed.
nated.
To do
this
necessary
to store the
voice
may
of
vital force
cally.
it
will
be possible
to avoid
speaking mechani-
magnetism.
Having good
of purpose.
vitality,
Affectation
is always some affectation and artificiality in since even the elocutionist is not always and the world,
As
there
EXHORTATION
exempt,
it is
in the body.
None
in this
book
The
own.
real-
He must
ize
them.
His voice
what
it
should
tence he uses.
There
is
to train the
body
in definite directions, to
sin, is
fine action,
when
statue
the body
is
is
The marble
wonderful
is
but
it is
inanimate.
life.
We
want
life.
Expression
the sign of
The
to build
The body plainly expresses three different phases of mind, emotion, and force. In the present the man work we shall aim to teach the mental and emotive
:
EXHORTATION
Mental Manifestations
The mental
They
and
in general
speech-making.
We
some-
Emotive Manifestations
The emotive
gestures
As
and
tint
and
man; and
only,
The
be an example.
The trembling
of the
hand
in passion
or the striking of
The
orator
who can
comis
most powerful.
lates
He who
for
it
sympathy
is
on himself,
Note
an
artist indeed.
The teacher must understand that all emoIt is absolutely impossible to upon blood circulation. get good action work from a class that is not thoroughly awake.
to Teachers.
tion feeds
EXHORTATION
Each day
later,
before undertaking even the "life studies," referred to the entire class should be given a series of physical exercises This requirement is absolutely vital, to stimulate the life forces. and should therefore never be omitted. It is more essential to have
the class enthusiastic than for the teacher to waste energy and
class.
" Observe
life
life.
CHAPTER
Beginnings
II
who has
not had
some opportunity of looking upon beautiful statuary and fine paintings, and who has not been observant
while mingling with people, to notice very carefully
in order to
make
may
and body.
Notice the
compared with the cruder labor of the ordinary workshop. The workman's method is the expression of his
character.
The
It
indicative of his
men-
would be impossible
gesture to a student
fested
who cannot
by the movements of the people about him. This practice of observing riien in action and repose should
habit at once, or the following lessons will lose
become a
his
BEGINNINGS
sion.
Movement
tells
is
language;
motions speak.
The
mean
voice
We take
up
in detail
and
in the follow:
The Body
as a
"
does, but
what he is^
CHAPTER
Presence
III
Presence
is
an individual as revealed by his general bearing. The appearance of the body taken as a unit is always signifi-
more eloquent than any movecharacter. ment. It. tells more of temperament and For that reason much of an orator's power depends on his presence. To manage well the body as a whole is
cant.
General bearing
is
the
first
desideratum.
and head,
in
as a
first
we must consider the movements of the body whole. The man of strong character impresses us
of all
and most by
his presence.
;
He may
ever a
offend
but he
is
man who
The
is
good practice
feet.
speak for several minutes without moving hands or After this can be done easily, the student is ready
for the
to follow.
ABRAHAM
LIN'COLN.
tills
(<!)
Statue.
PRESENCE
Life Study
street,
and
intellectual
and verify
his inferences
when
In class
work
each student
of characters studied;
very interesting
and valuable.
It
pearance,
The sweepmore
in the
Roman
orator signified no
True,
Forum
Rome.
is
much
man has
is
simply
accomplished.
Women
The
have more
diiiiiculty
and
is
more opportunity.
Picture Study.
the student
is
Whenever reference
made
A hasty
glance vr& not bring to the student the result the author has in mind.
44 (a), 68 (a).
10
actors, actresses,
PRESENCE
and
lecturers, together
ent stage scenes, will give the student an opportunity to study the stage presence, as well as the stage settings
and
dress, of those
the public.
Forward Movements of
Principle:
Body
is
drawn up
The degree
of
movement
We
1.
give
now model
grees of movement.
Strong poise.
" This rock shall
Body
fly
erect,
its
drawn up.
from
2.
Interest.
"
Body
Did
slightly forward.
What
Csesar
swoon
"
3.
Body
well forward
and up.
"Ah
4.
(Gladly.)
Enthusiasm.
Extreme advance.,
" Forward, forward
let
us range.
down
change."
Backward Movements
After every walk down the stage toward an audience,
it
will
be necessary
work
his
way up
Picture Study.
degrees.
Locate
of the different
PI
ts
o o
?3
O
> CO M r >
"
" 1
PRESENCE
the stage again, that
is,
in order that
he
may have
stage
room
These technical
and are
ac-
significance,
room and while rendering some unimportant line, where a slow and gradual movement up the stage would be unnoticed. These movements toward the back of the stage must not be confounded with the ones that
are given below.
horror, defiance,
and
all
shades of these.
does not
in this connection,
The mean up
or situation
treme the
the
The judgment of the student must determine how exmovement of the body may become and still not violate laws of good taste. He must remember never, never to overdo.
Model sentences
the body follow
1.
:
to illustrate
backward movements
of
Disdain.
narrow foreheads, vacant of our glorious gains,
!
"
I,
to herd with
Like a beast with lower pleasures, like a beast with lower pains
2.
Defiance.
" Go,
show your
slaves
how
3.
Fear.
"Art thou some god, some angel, or some
devil ?"
4.
Depression.
" Why should
I
struggle
on
"
12
Suggestions.
PRESENCE
i.
many
times carefully,
and while imagining circumstances natural to the sentiment. 2. Let the student add his own examples under each exercise, and practice these as well as the ones given.
mte
to Teachers.
Embarrassment,
of a class, asking several students to take the platform at one time, mingling the most confident with the most diffident students, is a
overcome these hindrances. A group of way may then be seated on the stage and asked to do individual work, or the entire group asked to exchange seats and thus become familiar with the stage and being upon it and talking to the class. The addressing of an audience later will become an easy task. The ends to be attained are tabulated below, and the student's attention may well be called to these ends as worthy of his ambition.
to
Ends
1.
to
be Attained
The overcoming
before an audience.
2.
3.
The elimination
of
A careful
pression from
life,
'^
stand
right
and
look rights
CHAPTER
As
IV
foun-
The
old
were as careful
in determining
the correct
See the
fine balance
engraving on
p. i8 (),
ex-
We judge
manner
their
of standing.
The very
position of
ill
the feet
of
a man.
How much
dignity
his
power and
As
and
sary
also
a rule,
all
movements
definite.
Many
movements should be
avoided.
The
The
is
14
Before practicing the examples that follow, the student should understand a few simple rules to apply at
all
times
when he
is
the right
In large gestures advance the right foot while using hand in front of the body, and the left foot
left
hand.
When
is
the action
is
small,
advanced
in the use of
either hand.
A. Speaker's Position.
1.
sufficiently to give
foot.
In
sitting,
floor,
The
and boorish
Never stand
as
if
weak-kneed.
plat-
The above rules apply not only to class-room and Note. form work, but to everyday life as well.
B.
Change of
Position.
some-
To change
him
as the student
was on
will
now
if
the weight
was on the
he
be
facing
left.
When
Observation Lesson
Each student
of
the observations
of feet
and
will
illustrate,
observed.
the
peculiar
in these observa-
tion lessons.
Aim
to profit
by the
faulty.'
Legs
Below
final.
is
The
into
them
that
is,
i6
in the
manner
indicated.
So far as
possible, the
walk
the
I.
text.
Weight on Both
"
"
"
Indecision, Deliberation.
(a) "
(d)
To
" Well,
we
shall see."
4.
Excitement.
(a) "
Up
the hillside,
down the
citizen
glen,
!
"The U.S.
is
ahead!''
5.
Earnestness, Ardor.
(a) " Sleep not another night in Paris.
(6) " In
Go
this
withered frame
6.
Rest.
(a) "
(^)
God
" Rest
sweet after
strife."
7.
Defiance.
(a) " Shall
(6)
"
I,
8.
Self-respect, Refinement.
"
Hear me
hear."
for
my
cause
and be
silent that
you may
9.
Despondency, Prostration.
" There
pity
is no creature loves me, and me."
if I
die
no soul
shall
Make an extemporaneous
from
life.
made
on pp.
feet
"
Do
not
saw
CHAPTER V
The Arms and Hands
as a Unit
disappointment.
lost if
graceful
movement
of the
arm
is
the body
is stiff
and the feet do not sympathize the arm. It will be understood, then, and practicing the gesture lessons body is to be in
have no grace or expressive
which
value.
Grace
is
usually understood to
mean beauty
of action.
Its constituent
correct lines of
of action lend a
movement.
charm
to all
to con-
versation as well.
Symbols
In order to indicate the place of a gesture, and the
direction, in
it is
a text-book.
are convenient,
These symbols
be sure
>
19
The symbols
gesture comes.
where
it
should begin.
Dictionary of Symbols
20
Elevated.
On
this
plane
we
The
is
student must
not
mean
intended to refer to the zone above the shoulders, it does that the arm is extended upward at its full length. It
its final
sweep
is
upward.
If the
any other reason it hand might not come above the shoulder line, and stiU you would call it in the elevated plane. Some judgment must be exercised
with reference to
2.
all
while the speaker is seated, or if needed to be very small and modest, the
made
Horizontal.
On
all
this
is
plane,
level
with
shoulder,
we
place
that
on our own
all
level
geog-
the
Downward.
We put down
us.
that
is
bad, worth-
less,
mean, or beneath
The
made from a
back
:
point
of the
body
of
to a point just
Front.
Objects
direct
immediately in front in one of the zones, E, H, or D, according to the nature of the object addressed. Things
of vital importance are also placed in this longitude.
2.
Oblique.
in fact or
side.
thought or
interest,
Si
Side.
to our inter-
est,
side.
4.
Back.
is
remote
in
time or
space
made back
Note. These four transverse positions are taken on all altitudes and with either hand. There are, then, twelve positions named. These positions blend more or less with one another and yet, whenever position is vital, the distinction should be clearly made.
;
Character of a Gesture
We
The
character of
may
body; sometimes a
little
sometimes the
long easy sweep of the arm, as in the description of landscapes, sometimes a gentle stopping, or, in
it
swiftly descending.
alert to the fact that
is
to
all
be
of gesture,
no quick way
all
still
to teach
After
instruction
by
text
him and
teacher
is
Every gesture
is
and the
return.
22
proper the student will understand to be a stroke, a sweep, a sudden stopping, or whatever motion the line
he
is
reading
may
require.
It will also
be remembered
-
Rules
Rule
i.
Unless
is
intro-
leads to a gesture
real preparation
last
is
may
manifest
voice.
Rule
take.
Note.
2.
The
preparation
is
made
in
is
an
to
is
some
up.
The
preparation for
more conspicuous and effective than the gesture * itself. There should be as much variety in the preparation as there is variety in thought and emotion. There must be variety of strength, speed, and breadth, to give the preparation life. Sometimes the preparation for the gesture is simply an agitation out of which the gesture springs, and may begin long before the gesture is made. The agitation may continue through a number of sentences but when the preparation is simply a lifting of the hand, it would be
the gesture
often
;
it.
Rule
3.
Variety,
always be considered.
23
The
of
Reference
is
"
will
be
understood
borne in mind.
does
An
clear.
The
off
made
above, or beside, or
appeal,
the position
The
different planes
on the three
and Positions
"
What
Note.
2.
The hand
"Why
men about
H.o.
?
3.
24
4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
Must we go back
thee,
precedent?"
"We praise
" Kindness
O GodV
E.o.
is
a magnificent thing."
stuflf
" "
We
are such
as
dreams
E.s.
are
made
of."
Hunt
?i
forgotten dream."
E.B.
9.
" Laziness
ambition."
10.
11.
"Great men,
too, lie
"Man
yields to
D.s.
drawn up slowly and strongly from the beginning of the sentence and then takes the line of gesture, ending on "fatey
Note.
The
hand
is
11.
"A
it is
an old wrong.''''
D.B.
Note.
the
Write
to
sentences
under
each
division.
many
mind
in the sentences.
Hand
most of the
is is
be noticed
is
finished, the
palm
arm is in motion. To turn it before the arm starts, makes the gesture look and to turn the hand before the arm starts on its stiff
the hand turns while the
;
return,
is
also bad.
is
ever present,
and
element of grace.
defeats
its
When
becomes
conspicuous,
it
own
purpose.
2$
O ship
H.O.S.
"
Note.
The
words.
bank!'''' D.O.s.
"How
3.
down
of the thistle,
H.F.-H.O.p.
music.''''
E.O.-H.S.p.
"
Where through
the long
drawn
aisle
and
fretted vault
H.O.p.
The
praise.''''
E.O.s.
" Even
to the delicacy
CHAPTER
VI
The elbow
is
self-will."
We
simply
There
is
little
danger of using
positions,
1.
it
wrongly.
which we
illustrate thus
Meanness, Selfishness.
The
to the sides.
The words
"
I
want
it all
2.
Poise, Calmness.
little.
Lifted
is
well out.
affection-
When
ate
;
is self-assertive,
(b)
I
I
am
27
Many
itself.
the expression
An
artist
as in the face.
Many
the hand
is held in the
wrong manner.
been
manner
of presenting the
The sentences
Hand
Prone.
There,
D.H.p.
little girl,
don't cry."
2.
Supine.
"
See
this old
coiny
H.F.s.
3.
Inward.
"
I shall
keep
it
for
myself^
Chest, u.
Falm on 4.
Vertical.
" Detest sport that owes D.o. ..
its
Different
(a)
Forms of
the
Hand
in
Dramatic Gestures
Prostration.
is
" There
"
28
(d)
Thumbs
is
little
out,
but carelessly
held near
first finger.
" This
(c)
good enough
for
me."
out,
Frankness.
The
is
thumbs well
giving the
meaning
of openness or frankness.
" Well, honor the subject of
my
story."
is
The thumb
can succeed."
at the side of
The hand
I
is
loosely closed.
know
that
(e)
finger, the
"
With
hand
I will
crush
the small
The hand is nearly closed. The strug(/) Anger. gle is between will and excitement one would close it,
;
it;
convulsed.
"
I,
an itching palm
(g) Earnestness
and Excitement.
life
The
air."
hand
is
and
is
want fresh
{k)
last,
Excitement. This
differs
and
from
it
only in degree.
!
(z)
are
Fear and Horror. The widely extended fingers much bent the degree is determined by the cause
;
of excitement.
" There were blows that beat blood into
my
eyes."
29
Hand
the
hand with
forefinger
When
it is
definite objects
and
the
is
H.F. as
also
ridi-
In the
is
latter case
thumb
is
the hand
in position.
Hand
situation
which would
"A sapling
H.F.I.
2.
3. 4.
" And
Go!"
H.S.I.
Why,
sir,
my
eyes ?"
"'Twere
H.O.I.
Here
is
ridicule,
even scorn.
The
up.
finger points to
object, the
hand
is
open,
thumb
Vertical Gestures
The
hand
vertical
gestures
are
used to push
us.
from us
When
the
uplifted
and
vertical
30
solemn.
The
position
is
2.
"And
me,
thrilled
3. 4.
me
felt
before."
"Be
that
come.''^
5.
"Let us own
it
there
D.F.C.
is
world.''''
H.O.Bo.
Each
five times,
Picture Study.
Notice
royal.''''
CHAPTER
VII
Head
The Shoulders
"The
emotion."
shoulders of every
man who
is
moved
or
The
We
need no
illustration
under
The
only
one of degree.
Insincerity, however,
may
;
bad habit
is
beyond
the province of
We
Affectation
a poisonous
falls
Be
The Chest
is
little
The
to
contract the
chest.
32
2.
Rule.
Courage and Pride tend to expand the chest. Always carry the chest high not out, but up.
The
Head
power movements and
All of
its
of the
body
lies in
of the head.
alone.
movements
It
finishes
of attitudes
the head
is
We
The
student must
many
and
easily
from one
1.
Normal
Poise.
The
head
is
erect,
level.
It
Depression.
The head
The
and
is
dignified rest.
is
to neither side.
expression
Exaltation.
The
head
is lifted
The
idea
It
is
one of triumph
indicate arrotrait
and
may
gance when
becomes an incorporated
is
of the
man.
normal.
of
It is
thrown into
it
this position
because there
is
33
is
Affection or Regard.
Adoration.
The
is
head
neither
The head
toward the
object,
but
depressed, as in humility.
We
The
love of a timid
itself
prayer
the face.
6.
Confidence
is
in
Affection.
This
The head
is
is
toward
exalted.
Doubt.
is
The
head
is
but
8.
The head
is
inclined
from
down
in scrutiny.
The
jeal-
Hate, envy,
all
The
head
three,
doubt or distrust
three,
normal or per-
sonal qualities.
Any of them
is lifeless
facial expression,
and use
We
cannot ex-
head
34
except in comedy.
The best rule is not to use them The head should be well poised
and should not follow every gesture or nod at every motion. The constant movement of the head indicates
weakness.
lesson
is
The most
difficult
head which characterize the weak but this must be learned. The head must rule. It should not be jarred
at
''Let no one
CHAPTER
VIII
Among
current.
is
movements by which an actor It refers changes his location on the stage. The same term applies to the movements of an orator. Little has been
said about the stage
walk of an
a speech
how
to
is marred very much if one does not know walk the stage. Some people learn stage-
walking
easily, others
need long
practice.
we
will state
some
principles
II.
Seriousness tends to
make
make
Earnestness tends to
the normal.
V.
When
an
appropriate
cause
is
wanting, the
and pomposity.
36
Note.
The following
rules
It
Do
All movements up or
"
down
be made
on
(See
note below.)
III.
The
weak.
right,
IV.
In moving to the
take the
first
step with
V.
VI.
Do
Learn
you intend
to stand
and thus
VII.
going to step.
It
may
The
student will
remember
it.
that he
was told
a walk
make
his gesture
line.
When
The
student will
Of
course
it is
walk on the
is it
first
nor
desirable to finish
word of a sentence and stop on the last word, an important statement and then, without
;
any excuse, walk across the stage for this attracts the attention of All movements, then, up or down the audience from the thought. the stage, even though they may have no definite bearing on the
'
'
37
;
made while
reciting or speaking
or
Note b. speaker sometimes change in his thought and enter upon A sudden change of position becomes moving down the stage, he will now go
side.
it
"on The
the lines."
desires
will
effect.
If he has been back or quickly to one If the last movement of the previous paragraph was up stage, be necessary to go down stage in order to break the previous Such a change should never be made unless it is desired to
necessary.
either
new thought.
Waited not to be invited. Did not parley at the doorway, Sat there without word of welcome In the seat of Laughing Water Looked with haggard eyes and hollow At the face of Laughing Water.
;
And the foremost said Behold me I am Famine, Bukadawin And the other said Behold me I am Fever, Ahkosewin And the lovely Minnehaha
:
'
'
Shuddered as they looked upon her, Shuddered at the words they uttered, Lay down on her bed in silence, Hid her face, but made no answer Lay there trembling, freezing, burning At the looks they cast upon her. At the fearful words they uttered. Forth into the empty forest Rushed the maddened Hiawatha."
38
Suggestion.
As the weird guests enter on the left, the narrator slowly back into the shadow of the stage and shows them looking at Minnehaha on the right. The speaker stays here until Hiafalls
line, "
watha rushes from the wigwam and then goes to the front on the Forth into the empty forest rushed the maddened Hiawatha."
Second Picture
" Stillness reigned in the vast amphitheater, and from the countthousands that thronged the spacious inclosure not a breath
less
Every tongue was mute with suspense, and every eye gloomy portal where the gladiator was momentarily expected to enter. At length the trumpet sounded, and they led him forth into the broad arena. There was no mark of fear upon his manly countenance, as with majestic step and fearless eye he entered."
was heard.
strained with anxiety toward the
Suggestion. Locate the portal at the right and back, retire well toward the back, and then as the gladiator appears, sympathetically impersonating him, walk to the front, but on the left side, on the words " As with majestic step and fearless eye he entered."
Third Picture
" But, ah
!
my dream
is
is
And
To
stage
the door
softly
broken by a step upon the stair. opened, and my wife is standing there
all
my
visions
resign
first line the body is slowly carried up the body facing right. On the last line the reader walks toward the right front and stops with easy poise in or near
Suggestion.
On the
and
to left, the
Individual Taste
scene.
As
Every new
39
new work.
this art.
will
There
Note
be able
to
is
to the Teacher.
At
work, students
not
to
make
all
to suggest the
necessity of
Criticism develop descriptive power and ease of movement. should, then, be very largely on the speaker's position in the different parts of the picture, and the thought should be for the speaker
own
position
is
on the platform
trying to portray.
phase of platform work and good results will come only after much practice. Attention, however, must be called to this subject at the beginning, or much work will have to be done twice, and that from different standpoints.
The most
difficult
stage
work
to learn, is that
one
fail
so com-
to secure
good
results
from
it
that this
Those who
fail
assume a change
ture,
on the platform.
Some
difficult parts,
;
to
and
laid
No
definite rules
have been
down
for this
work
40
in
still
remains open.
lead to cor-
Before
rect
we
may
methods
acters in dialogue,
may be
at
Do
acters
one time.
In adapting a book
by a proper arrangement
first
of the exits
and entrances
Imagine
The
lesson
may be
first
speech.
and while stepping turn so that the second speech can be made in the direction of the position occupied by the
first
character.
Do
and
you
will observe
affected
use the
sentences of
the
how
short or
how long
make
may
be,
across the
line.
Then
the
that
car-
ries
speeches
movement,
will
be avoided.
41
Talk as nearly
as
is,
you would
if
An
ence
is stilted.
scene
sides,
may be
shifted
up the
stage,
down, or to the
to
by repre-
When
it
is
desired to
present a
new
scene,
the
This ance
;
may be done
new
His
positions, walks,
and
lines of
By
this
may be
well
42
developed.
rule, none is done well. These few points the author hopes will be suggestive, but he is frank to say a pupil will find it difficult to do
one scene, as a
the
aid of a teacher.
The
^^
CHAPTER IX
Pictures on the Platform
Stage Settings
An
audience
is
quite as
much
and
his
as through the
and expression
of
it
is
effective
powerful only
when by means
speaker
is
mind
in
of
the
clear
to
mind
of
hearers.
about
He may
but
if
not
is
demand
settings.
is
accessories
will insist
he
ambitious to
move
a people, he
on appropriate
tall
little
preacher
great
is
standing by a
pulpit
incongruous.
tall
man bending
tesque.
gro-
picture in
for.
So the platform with the man upon it is a itself, and good effects should be provided
Mental Pictures
is
"a mind's
eye."
If a
man had no
and beauty of
oratory were
43
The imagination
44
unrolled
artist
is
or the
gloom of death.
than that which
Of
none
more
The pictures results from a passage well rendered. that appear to the. mind's eye may be clearer than any we see with the physical eye, just as a song im.agined may be sweeter than one heard. The skilled orator can make an audience forget the present and wander
through the ruins of the past.
can
Shut
in
by
walls,
he
make you
he can make
in the heavens.
To
is
too complex,
this
But before
first
see
he would present.
It
Then he must
is
know how
to
necessary to
Power of
the Imagination
"
As to the power of imagination it is unlimited. The man of imagination, of genius, having seen a leaf
of
and a drop
water, can
In his presence
rise
the cataracts
fall
float.
its
To
really
know one
fact
to
know
its
kindred and
neighbors.
>5
" S I
o
pq
45
duced it, and what it, in its turn, produced. He saw the castle, the moat, the drawbridge, the lady in the
and the knightly lover spurring over the plain. the bold baron and the rude retainer, the trampled serfs, and the glory and the grief of feudal
tower,
He saw
life.
The man
life
of
all
people, of
in the
all races.
He
;
days of Pericles
upon the
cliff,
and with
'
He
was present
He
has
when the great man drank hemlock, and met the night
of death tranquil as a star meets morning.
philosophers,
He
to
He
monstrous.
He knows
Memnon's morning song has laid him down embalmed dead, and within their dust the with the felt
expectation
o,f
He
has heard
another
life,
mingled with
cold, suffocat-
ing doubts
"
of long delay.
He
given to victorious men, followed by uncrowned kings, the captured hosts and all the spoils of ruthless war.
46
He
roofless walls
reeling gladiator's
hand
stream of wasted
He
life
of savage
men
has
trod the
of
life
and
in the desperate
game
the beast.
"
He
bo-tree's
contemplative
shade, rapt in Buddha's mighty thought, and he has dreamed all dreams that Light, the alchemist, hath wrought from dust and dew, and stored within the
"He
has
seen
felt
all
all
the
gods; enjoyed
hell.
heavens, and
all lives,
and through his blood and brain have crept the shadow and the chill of every death; and his soul, Mazeppa-like, has been lashed
has lived
He
naked
hate.
"The
whereon
imagination
is
between the
mom
of
false
careless shadows,
Cautions.
to point out to
and true, the joys and griefs, the and the tragic deeps of human life."
picture.
It is
Do not minimize a
a serious mistake
an ocean as thougli it were a pan of water at the feet; crowd a range of mountains onto tlie platform, or to contract a
47
The
Again, in shifting scenes where objects are described as changing positions, incongruiCharacters must not be confused. All posities must be avoided.
as they are.
tions
them
consideration.
All
an object
is
There are no walls to the imaginaa long distance away, it must be so indicated.
to
How
1.
You make others see your mental pictures just as you make them see real objects. Indicate directions,
distance,
you,
2.
life size.
Be
is
true to
your pictures.
People in
audience.
This
Locate
sides,
make
this convenient.
Watch your
audience, to
make
picture.
4.
its
effect
on
yourself.
Examples
In the following examples locate the characters and
objects for the convenience of the audience.
A.
When
I.
the speaker
I
is
"Jack,
Note.
The characters
"
48
won
Is it
not
Work
" Well, there in our front-row box we sat Together, my bride betrothed and I
My
2.
my
opera hat.
And
"See,
the canvas wrongs her
this is her
!
image
painted from
man
memory.
Oh! how
Note.
Make
"It's
all
B.
1
When
"It
is
the picture
grand
See
all
the sky.
is
From
3.
all
thine."
let
"The mountain
down."
"
mists uproUing
4.
At the doorway of
his
wigwam
"
Hand in hand they went together, Through the woodland and the meadow,
Left the old
man standing
his
lonely
At the doorway of
wigwam."
word picture
is
single
sentence
may
present a landscape.
An
orator should
any scene, but a sentence here and there to enliven and intensify the interest may be thrown in to good effect.
49
Theory
When
the one
ful
it is
when simply
artists.
to tell a
is
among
The
ungrace-
and
;
inartistic
if
style
and
and wins
his audience
is
by his
skill.
This
certainly true,
in a descriptive
passage everything
not
vital.
For
race,
it is
track.
striking
features
finish.
start;
is
desirable
ing
in.
ments in description
offer,
To
in-
who
However, an
made
effective.
Studies
" Hymn to Mount Blanc " "How the Old Horse Won
CoLERmcE.
the Bet"
. .
.
The
"
together.''''
CHAPTER X
Descriptive Action
The purpose
to
of a gesture
is
to intensify the
appeal to
is,
move
It will
ply pointing at an imaginary tree will do the tree to the mind of the hearer.
little
to present
height, the
sweep
and so add a
all
distinct-
The
them
They
indicate
We
and peculiar
positions,
conform
actions
to
may do much
to enliven a production,
Speakers
DESCRIPTIVE ACTION
often try to
'
make
fail.
The
be
Platform "
apply here.
In addition,
it
may
becomes necessary
point.
for the
Where
this is
but
Nor should he
it is
enter too
much
mind
it
In this connection
it
well to bear in
to
takes
imagine than
it
takes to see.
Therefore in description
is
frequently
For instance,
in the "
Charge
in
Cannon
front of them,"
it is
front
non ranged along the horizon, and showing the battle Then line whose limits are perhaps a half mile apart.
by
letting the
hand
travel bapk
and
forth, quickly
and
entire pic-
The
ination.
thought, briefly
this
pointing out
to the
them
imag-
The
The
following examples
may be
practiced before a
52
stiffness.
DESCRIPTIVE ACTION
length, straight
elbow.
Examples
necessary to describe an object, pormaking a platform picture. The gesture in the sentence, " The hand paints smoothness," should not be followed with the eye, as the purpose is not to present an imaginative
Caution.
It is spmetiiines
an idea of smoothness.
"
"
The hand
It
paints smoothness!''
H.F.-H.O.p.
Rep. Rep.
(See note.)
2.
indicates y?z>^."
H.F.-H.O.p.
Rep.
Rep.
3.
"It indicates
"
It indicates
71
plain."
H.F.-H.O.p.
Rep.
Rep.
4.
support."
D.-E.s.
5.
6.
7.
"
slowly setting."
E.O.-H.O.p.
8.
still."
E.F.-H.O.p.
Rep.
Rep.
a long wave from the begirming of the sentence, ending on the last word. The action must not be. hasty,
Suggestion.
is
There
Repetition does
not mean that the additional sweeps of first, or that they begin or end where
the first one did. The first sweep may be carried only half of the way, the hand coming back part of the distance, then moving for-
again,
and onward
to the
These
sentences should be practiced hundreds pf times aii4 Vk different Yfays unti) ease and grace are secured,
THE
A
LesSLin
wixp: cellar.
in
52 ()
Extravagant AutioTi.
DESCRIPTIVE ACTION
9.
53
must be remembered that the symbol is always placed under the word upon which the action ends. The student must determine where it is to begin. In the last example the wave
Note.
It
"
The moon,
E.O.-H.O.p.
11.
"The West
is
And
12.
own
native
lights''
H.O.-E.B.
"The
world
is
roll,
and
lightnings _;?c.''
13.
E.F.-E.S.
down and blew open
E.F-H.
O.p.
\}a& flowers^''
"
The
breeze fluttered
H.O.-D.O.s.
rest.
14.
"
to its
haven of
15.
"
"
He who
is
himselfP
Goethe.
to
CHAPTER
The Will The
in
XI
Expression
must ever be enforced by intensity, or much of the power of the individual is lost. The will, perhaps,
after all the
is
man.
It is
made purely indicr.tive of the will power and determination. The one gesture which is least colored with the
expression of other qualities of the mind,
is
the straight,
This gesture
is
indicated throughout
way
The
movement
require.
may
The brow
hand
is
is
clinched, the
knee
is
is
active.
The
will
The
picture on p. i8 ia).
54
THE WILL
dominates in a
the last
line,
IN EXPRESSION
SS
of the sentence
word
but
increases to the
the
Will
is in itself
an
The excitement
every tone.
re-
is
The
will vibrates in
activity
some
little
is
reached
made.
The
firm planting of
little
duced appropriately.
the
Will
Speed of motion, slowness, any departure from the normal action may be controlled by the will or be a
manifestation of
it.
Patience
of will.
is
stand
will.
said that
will
power.
56
THE WILL
IN
EXPRESSION
of
power
The
of
ability, then, to
terful
study
Life Study.
ent tasks.
at differinsist
on carrying out
they grasp their
every
effort.
The doing
and the character they put into of good work is in itself the life can know.
Confucius.
2.
wills,
he doesy
-F.D.
line, if it
We
will fight
it
out on this
takes
all summer.''''
-F.D.
" Dare to be a
Daniel.''''
F.D.
" Dare to be in the right though you stand " Nations, as well as men, H.O.
undertake.''
7.
fail
alone.''''
F.D.
in nothing
which they
boldly D.O.
"
Now
Now
die.''
for the
H.O.
8.
CD.
9.
Picture Study.
See pp. 60
(a), 68 (a).
THE WILL
10.
IN EXPRESSION
begins.''''
5/
"Where
-D.S.
11.
"Man
''
and he
preaches.''^ D.O.
12.
And
falls
13.
" "
me."
14.
is
a Christian.''''
D.O.
15.
to the
dust.''''
Studies
(i)
"Ben
Lew Wallace.
Shakespeare. Shakespeare.
on the Charge,
Henry V."
...
" There
is
and
day.''''
CHAPTER
XII
Transition
Transition
is
the
movement made
to another.
in passing
from
good workman
driven home.
does not drop his hand to his side after every stroke of
the hammer, but strikes until the nail
is
The
artistic
speaker,
does not
fre-
We
difficulty here,
and
intense
to
earnestness and
and
keep
air,
a necessary injunction.
and careful
Here only constant practice study can give that ease and eloquence
artist.
If the composition of a
speech or reading
is
very
much
of a picture
may be
so
mixed as
58
to
TRANSITION
tions impracticable.
59
are
is
which these
errors
sometimes occur,
this
cannot
of
some
skilled
and without
raising
to
;
new touch
work
want
to see,
all
study of transition.
Examples
Aim
1.
at Graceful Transitions
done her part: do thou but
"Accuse not
thine:'
H.F.
2.
^it,
"Let us own
there
E.o.
is
world.''''
^V^
the harmo-
H.O.Bo.
4.
" Quick
Man
That
60
;.
TRANSITION
"O
good
painter,
tell
me
true, H.F.
6.
fifty
"I
feel,
to-day, as
if I
would give
kill
all,
provided
through
H O Bo.
speech.'"
D.
7.
"WzsthdX thunder?
A^o,
H F.v,
by the Lord
H.B
Then
8.
sprang to
my
of
'Fire'.'' ^FireV E.
the air."
9.
far,
as
on ^Vj pressed,
H.O.p.
glittering
band."
10.
Up
11.
"
Look
at the heavens,
tra-
dition of our
z>?(7?-/a//'/j/."
-E
12.
all
0.1.
"
Man
;
heavens
has knelt with awe and dread at every prayer DO.v. felt the pang of every hell?''
D.O.
enjoyed
E
13.
O.
"
The man of
and the
seas?^ -H.S.Bo.
14.
" The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament
e.-h.o
p.
"
Men would
"
"
"
"
TRANSITION
16. "Who shall say which works the most good toward our growth, the liquid harmonies of music or crystal facts ? "
H.0.B0.
17.
H.F.-H.O.
D.O.
HO,
purpose, more than
H.O.
love,
more than
H.O.
religion H.O.
it
takes
them
all.
H.S.Bo.
move
18.
"Thou
Love was a star
E.O.I.
on
to heaven."
Come
H.F.Bo.
19.
then,
come!
Rep.
its
"
The clang
me
Oh, how
Away with
E.S.V.
dreams!
^^'
20.
painted from
memory.
HO.
the canvas wrongs her
D.S.o.
!
shall never
be a painter!
21 .
22.
shall
will
HO.
"Oh, how my heart
E.O.Bo.
swells within
I
me!
Transition
The
transition
from
one character into another character in a dialogue, The usually requires more movement on the stage.
rules for
this action
laid
down
in
62
the chapter on
size
TRANSITION
We
when
emphaseveral
here,
such a place on the platform, and in such a manner, that the positions required for the next speech
to
end
in
it.
we
shall
speak of
more
difficult
should
them
Note to the Teacher. In all the succeeding lessons, any awkwardness shown in transition, any stiffness or lack of ease, should be referred to as an effort in transition, and the student asked to
modify the work as far as possible himself. There is danger of cramping individuality by showing the student too much. There
is
mere
imitation.
Original Studies
Merchant of Venice. Scene between Portia and Nerissa. Scene 2. Hamlet. Act III, (2) Closet scene, Hamlet and his mother. Scene 4.
(i)
I,
Act.
CHAPTER
XIII
Most
of the occupations in
it is
life
We may
in the left
hold an object
one hand
The
constant idleness of
is
more
right
serious
The
symis
pathy of the
doing,
left
hand
may
always be appropriate
is
Both hands,
then,
as
may be employed in gesture quite as appropriately one, but there is much useless " sawing of the air,"
this
movement.
criticised
for
making too
many
gestures,
and
64
cism
is
especially true
are used in
Laws
1.
made with
both
Hands
in polite
We
The
speech.
2.
size,
3.
of scenes
and
quite
frequently
concession
and
yielding.
5.
Make
By
body preparatory
by a quick, graceful
extreme
right, while
its
to the
arm
rises in
sweep
to the left.
few
trials will
6$
date the necessity of always allowing one hand to lead, not only in the preparation, but in the sweep of the
gesture
itself.
"
The
earth
is
the Lord^s
E.o.
and
H.O.Bo.
life
2.
"
The man
of
all
people, of
all races.''^
H.S.Bo.
3.
"
is all
before us."
H.S.Bo.
5.
"
since."
6.
of
chances.''''
H.S.Bo.
Note.
In
is
thought
is
the gesture
7.
"All
"
may
have,
if
they dare
try,
2l
glorious
life.''''
E.O.Bo.
8.
build
who
stars.''"'
E.S.Bo.
Note.
is
in
no one
"
you again,
better H.o.
man
than a prince,
man who
10.
"
The
reputation of
my
mountains.'''' H.S.Bo.
66
11.
JVote.
The
feeling
both
hands,
only
when the
feeling
is
very marked
or
intense.
12.
"In
thee,
O Lord,
E.O.Bo.
do
I
put
my
trust."
13.
"My
"
native land,
H.O.Bo.
and with
prayers."
14.
I
grant
D.O.Bo.
all
your claims."
explosion.''^
CHAPTER XIV
Gestures in which the Preparation
is
Long Continued
By
a long preparation
seconds of time.
is meant one that covers some The sweep of the moving arm may
manifest that
when
the gesture
is
to
one, as
In the
and
all
and
effect.
Long preparations predominate in heavy passages. The frequent use of light gestures is weak, and should be avoided and when one strong gesture can be used The as the preparation for the next, it should be done.
;
it
weak
effect.
Whenever
it is
68
LONG PREPARATIONS
In the description of
fair scenery, it is often
necessary
to
make a long
and
quietness,
much danger
possible, the
that
hands.
To
avoid
this,
whenever
the body
it is
hand
should be
lifted close to
line,
the shoulder
Broken Preparation
When
in
the passion
is
very intense, as
is
may
gradu-
at the
clauses, verses, or
is
made.
Thus
may be
;
a series of
arm
is
vehement passages. The first example given below illustrates the broken preparation.
In the following examples, the symbols are placed
The
stufirst
a long one.
He
must
also determine
when
No
bearing.
"
LONG PREPARATIONS
Examples
I-
69
"
The mustang
flew,
2.
m^h.horror."
-H.O.v.
Note.
is lifted
body
to a point
and
quick,
"Let me
tell
much condemned
to have -H.F. 4.
an itching palm."
distinctly I
"Ah
remember,
it
And
Note.
flooj..,,
Example 4
is
a fine study.
The main
gesture,
which
is
made with
The
hand is lifted in front of the body and pictures the shadow on the word " ghost.'' The gesture ending on the words " dying ember" is made with the left hand and begins later, but ends first. The left hand simply points out the dying embers in the ash-strewn grate. Poe's " Raven " is full of the weird and melancholy, and many Whenever paslines require action similar to that described above.
sion
is intense, its
expression
is
usually slow.
The
muscles contract
follows
body chakes and trembles with the effort; then the climacteric. explosion, after which the body again passes
"'Be
'
that
firiend,' I
shrieked,
upstarting,
6.
" And
my
shadow
on the
ploor
-D.O.I.
70
7.
LONG PREPARATIONS
"
I
am
people
who watched me
"
-E. F.-E. S.
8.
fright
my
soul
for
it is
based upon a
"
God
10.
"An'
true,
An' put
my good
resolutions through.''^
"
^^
CHAPTER XV
Exercises for Review Practice
1
.
./Vofe.
2.
"
3.
me my
them."
thy
4.
By
this time
I,
head:' i.
D.F.
J.
"'
"
6.
"
My
home.''''
H.B.
7.
a worm.'''
D.F.
8.
"He
shall
be likened unto a
foolish
man who
built his
house
"
10.
Note.
Here the
on
D.,
on B.
71
72
11.
What
The
The words
E.F.-E.O.
of
God?
Rep.
13.
"
You ask me
There
E.O.I.
for
your husband?
H.F.
domes
in the third gesture describes N'ote. " clouds of heaven " and the gesture terminates on " Bastile." The
student must
first
dramatic action.
ridiculous.
14.
will
be
"
The
unnumbered
sparks.''''
-E.O.I.
15.
On
16.
selfish principles,
'\S
let it
pass
let it
vanish like so
many
others."
17.
^^-
"
Memory
of
childhood.''''
E.B. 18.
"
19.
"
new
religions.''''
D.O.
N'ote.
Downward
We
given in
movements are sometimes made simply in In the last example the D. is opposition to the E. and also to give the emphasis to the
general thought.
other.
The
must make
of
grace
demands the
opposition.
73
Prone
20.
Hand
glory,
"
-E.O.p.Rep.
Rep.
Rep.
JVote. The hand is drawn up across the body, then passes slowly on the line of gesture, picturing the path of light.
21.
"And
"The
saw him
at St.
22.
23.
" In teaching
It
me
the
way
io live, E.O.
taught
me how
to die.'''' Descending, p.
Supine
24.
Hand
tenderly.''''
H.O.s.
2;.
H.O.p.
thee.''''
26.
"
Our
H.F.s.
27.
28.
"Nay
"
Our
faith
triumphant
H.O.s,
Note.
In
is
simply an upward
The
action
is
that of support.
controls.''''
30.
"I
shall
31.
^'Behold,
Bo.H,0.s.
how
great a matter a
little fire
kindleth."
74
Vertical
32.
Hand
"Avaunt! and
H.F.v.
quit
my siM"
Rep.
God.''''
33.
"
am
E.F.v.
34.
"
"
have taken an
oath.''''
E.F.v.
35.
not near."
to kiss
of
Palm Inward
37.
"
rapture swells.''
38.
How we
Note.
39.
shiver with
affright.''''
H.F.n.
The hand
I feel
is
close to the
body and
lifted
"
man.''''
H.O.
40.
" When
no
Palm Outward
41 " Put "
down
D.S.o.
42.
hatred turned."
D.S.o.
43.
44.
"
The motive
is unworthy.''''
D.S.o.
"
75
"
-3.
fouler
toad.''''
D.S.o.
Note.
The
I
gestures
in
is
turned outward,
that
of
46.
"
"(?/ grace
and
earnestness wait on
beauty.''^
CHAPTER XVI
Alternate Gestures
When
cessively,
gestures are
observation
will
be noticed that
We often sustain the gesture of one hand by some movement of the other in complex description, and very often in dramatic passages. While one
used successively.
hand
is
may show
the
Hamlet, standing by a
jeweler holds a watch
he emphasizes
tools with
his speech.
The
he handles the
which he does
his work.
alternate gestures
is
more
Laws
Law
is too
I.
moving hand
76
to
ALTERNATE GESTURES
^-
"J^
"
Now
H.F.
on the
far-off
sea
some ships
H--i-
appear.
3-
"I?
Iz.
slave?
H.F.
When
will
Ingorasx sAaU
fall.
D.s.
Unconquered
" Shall
he mount
3.
we
'
H.F.
4.
is
past; there
D.B.
is
2.
future
H.F.
left to all
men."
5.
"Too
/(jj^jof thenext."
hand
emotions.
1.
"I pray
thee, E.F.
God, that
may be
beautiful
within.''''
H.F.n.
2.
"
Back
H.S.
into the
chamber
turning,
All
my
soul within
me
burning."
H.F.n.
3.
-^fr^
"I sometimes have thoughts in my loneliest hours, That lie on my heart lilce the dew on \\ie. flowers.''''
H.F.n. D.O.p.
4.
it
comes again."
H.O.I.
Law
III.
78
I r
.
ALTERNATE GESTURES
"
We are working
for
an end, and no
H.F.
little
Irom
D.S
2.
its
on every heart
Note.
The right
its
first
and
left.
The
right
hand goes
on with
3.
motion of the
left.
"A
thing of beauty
is
a joy forever,
never
H.o.
Pass into
nothingness.'''' D.S.
Law
IV.
Alternate
and
my
gesttires
may
be introduced at
artistic effect.
side
"-^^
and
turn, I pray,
"To weave a garland for the rose. And think thus crown'd 'twould lovelier be,
H.o.
Were
That
than to suppose
to
thee.''''
H.F.
Note.
The body
;
is
first
" The observations of the artist must be as minute as those of the scientist.''''
CHAPTER XVII
Special Motions and Positions
many
which elude
life
classification,
portant in expression.
spirit
and
of both oratory
Most
of these
will
basis,
All have a philosophical and students may use them with confidence. It must be remembered that while this book does not teach
is
be easily understood.
urged
to
and
is
cause.
The
study of gesture
Uttle
an endless one
tion
is
moRich
of
as
will
interesting
any other
science.
reward
The reading
all.
books on action
open before us
It is
Many
ing.
by the following
ex-
to
The student's own taste will have to be know which ones should be practiced while
79
80
Life Study
1.
class
be invited to
the platform to
No
two would take the same attitude, nor express pleasure Something of the individuality of in the same way.
each student would reveal
give as far as possible
itself.
Now
let
another
by
and
expressions of the
2.
first
group.
With the class acting as critics, let each student represent some character found in real life, presenting the peculiarities of walk and posture, and the little characteristic motions.
This practice
may
serve as the
first
step in
good impersonation.
Hand
When
" It
the hand
is
is
indicated.
must be
so, Plato
2.
When
indicated.
like to
3.
the brow
^\^'oSS\.e^
perception.
4.
Weeping
is
indicated
the eyes.
"
"
Si
The hand
over the
must study
mouth
;
indicates energetic
thinking.
"We
6.
this out
we
will."
The hand
tressing thought.
" This thought will drive
7.
me mad."
the chin.
am
quite calm."
8.
Strangling or
stifling is indicated
by grasping the
throat.
9.
When
is
serious thought
indicated.
"What
10.
my
duty to
my God, my
is
When
the hand
neck, agony
is
expressed.
God,
my
child,
my
child
"
!
11.
signifies violent
excitement.
" Salvator, Salvator, 12.
it's
life
Hands behind
"
I
abandon.
can easily yield to such enchantment."
it
13.
An
to the
ours, victory
82
14.
The hand
up,
palm
out, expresses
inquiry and
attracted attention.
"What
15.
A downward
"
mation or conclusion.
My
voice
is still
for war."
When
The hand thrown out horizontally, signifies denial. this is made downward it rejects that which oppresses ; when it is made H. or E., it throws off trifles.
16.
(a) "
(b')
The gentleman
is all
is
mistaken."
" This
nonsense."
17. Moving the hand horizontally back and palm down, signifies impatient denial.
forth,
18.
The same
bution.
19.
regret
is
20.
the hand.
21.
22.
The hands
my
crown."
say, can't I
go
"
24.
The arms
83
Special Motions
and Affectations
The dangers of affectation are so great that another warning here may not be out of place. It must be
remembered that every gesture is supposed to express some thought or emotion aheady in activity. In making use of the gestures taught through the examples
above, there must always be energy and emotion
cient to warrant the
actions.
suffi-
The
entire
body must
and earnestness on the part of the speaker. It is not enough to say "practice each example many, many times " practice with the entire nature submerged in
;
" Corinne
was
tique paintings
tions
were so
art:'
CHAPTER
XVIII
Attitudes
An
sation
tion.
more than the expression of thought and emogreat speech, apart from its direct moral purpose, is a work of art a painting in which every line, gesture is a every word a color. It is an art gallery in which every posture is a statue. Public speak-
ing
is,
There
is
There
civilized
is
One
is
necessity adorned
by
art.
No man was
laurels
All
from the
3-
>
Ti
ATTITUDES
SO
85
by the
aid of
art.
these
make
the orator.
On
out of sandstone.
granite
column
statue requires
The
possibilities.
Given
in crude form, a
the
call forth
of
human
where nature stops and art begins. Each has its place. Nature must not, and indeed cannot, oppose art art must not violate nature. Nothing is artistic which violates natural law. These few words are full of warning for the student. He must be artistic, but not artificial. He must make
point
;
handmaid
all
of
nature,
destroyer of
all
attitudes
assumed by the orator add something to his power. A sentiment is most powerful when we see it grandly emThe orator's influence is largely determined by bodied. the intensity of his life and by the form in which his passions manifest themselves to others.
Written thoughts
To
live
audience, to
make
86
ATTITUDES
the passive feel a mighty emotion as revealed
is
make
by
the privilege of
What has been said here about art seemed necessary. So many public speakers, endowed with emotional life,
try to storm the gates of influence with their untrained
impulses.
It
seemed
form and so be made more effective. All the dramatic positions have been given
in previous
chapters.
The
student must
now
learn
how
to pass
from
embody
moment
annoying an audience.
taste
by the study
of classic art.
The
form.
He must
by the best
it is
artists.
He
must
will
to
keep the
man on
the
assume.
Attitude
Attitude
material of a speech.
embody
nothing,
An
ATTITUDES
it
8y
;
may
but
it
must be a
every inspi-
work
of art as well.
it,
Every memory of
it,
ration born of
place, the
man.
The speaking
attitude, the
flashing
Indifferent
In
there before you, not a cold, dead thing, but an embodied, living reality.
hear, to see a really
to hear
To
the
good orator or
is
an event;
a poor one
a punishment.
man on
insipid
platform
who
lives
less
than
we
do, is
and
uninteresting to us.
Principles
I.
II.
attitudes.
III.
at the
end
of
cli-
IV.
Do
let
the action
jar.
V.
VI.
The deeper
A careless bearing
is
after
some
great dramatic
movement
in a speech
88
ATTITUDES
WaT^ings
Do not be grotesque. See that all is in proportion and in harmony. Do not use a strong gesture of the hand while the knees are weak. Especial care should be taken not to spoil the effect of a good position in
passing to the next.
transition.
in
Note.
1
Assume proper
that
"Be
upstarting.''
2.
"To
3.
"Avaunt 1
H.F.v.
My name
is
Richelieu!
4.
"Justice
"
I
is satisfied
and
Rome
\%freey
E. (Above the head.)
it is
5.
You owe me no
that
defend."
thanks. "^^-
In defending you,
my honor
H.o.
Studies
(i)
Shakespeare's
"Julius
(2)
3.
''
Court scene.
S>\a!sss,^t^t\
Merchant of
Venice^''
Kz\.V
Life Study
The
is
involved in the
study of attitudes.
Of
; :
ATTITUDES
inseparable from the attitudes.
89
should be required to
types.
The comic
types
may be
introduced, but
when
and
taste will
be necessary.
The
stage.
by the student in such a way as to make his progress more rapid and his impersonations of greater value. The leading magazines are constantly printing character pictures,
artists.
These could
men
one
to old
;
women
another
another to children
on affected ones.
a clearer
These carefully studied would make impression upon the mind than reading about
pp.
word
to
CHAPTER XIX
Judgment
in
Gesture
When
The
difference in execution so
feel
it.
marked
that
is
all
hasty,
and nervous,
and
characterless.
The
artist glides
to another,
and grandly.
There
no blundering, no mean-
ingless motion,
artificiality
;
no hesitancy, no inappropriateness, no
the hearers are lifted smoothly, but with
are unnoticed
The
artist
walks the
exercise of taste.
Taste
is
educated judg:
one action
is
modified by another.
In some
1 ;
JUDGMENT
the motion
is
IN
GESTURE
in others, slow
light
;
and strong
it is
again, in others
swift
swift
and
is
while at times
and strong.
How
all
is
the student to
know ?
rules,
He
but
We
The
regarding the
and
distance.
Velocity.
power.
(a) "
(^) "
Mathematical appropriateness
to the winds.'''' H.s.
must be
but push
it aside.''''
D.s.
(c)
" See
how he
darts away."
H.O.-H.S.
(d)
"Yon
is
calm."
Distance.
The distance
of an object
is
indicated to
"The train went thundering by us." The train moves swiftly across the prairies." " The flames went leaping higher, higher, higher."
"
E.
made with many degrees of does not always mean as high as one can
that
reach.
"
52
JUDGMENT
IN
GESTURE
appears grotesque
does
it
We
Each
class of
result
from
this drill.
The
ability to
it
marks a
every orator
should possess.
The absence
ranting.
The preacher who announces same tone that he uses in the impassioned parts of his sermon, will soon weary his hearers.
monotony and
a
hymn
in the
to
the
Stage "Business
mining
Much judgment and good taste are required in deterjust how far the orator or elocutionist may apIf circumstances require
the actor
sits, lies
down,
rolls
An
;
orator
moves the
to
he
he never
is
sup-
demand
'i-&m^
.tr,;;>i?5;;-
JUDGMENT
suit his oration.
IN
GESTURE
93
the finest
effort.
A great barnlike stage would defeat A parlor scene is usually the best.
to decorate
can be secured
tainment or
lecture.
Kneeling
When
the
floor.
the audience
an actor kneels on the stage, the knee nearest is the one which approaches or touches
The
it
toe
is
is is
it.
thrown back.
required,
It
omit
would be quite as ridiculous for a declaimer to introduce such an action, and an orator will never so far
forget himself.
Sitting
When
it is
best to
sit,
unless the
company
is
a large one.
A few good
public
They have
usually failed.
may be
:
usually dangerous
even in
Vulgar Characters
and
is
in
reality a
good
94
dramatic point.
JUDGMENT
If
IN
GESTURE
it
becomes a vulgarism
annoyed.
and
is
We
to
succeed in impersonation.
" Individualize."
Manuscript
If a
speaker
is to
it
in
his
to
Any cramping
is
of
the throat
is
No
one who
" It
is better to
go by rule than by
chance.'''^
CHAPTER XX
General Rules and Suggestions
In the following rules the author intends to sum up
be added.
will
The
cramp him
him
of
individuality.
They
may be most
Note
effective
and
useful.
positive rule is given,
it
to Teachers.
As each
some student
may be
called
upon
to illustrate
2.
Do
the
head.
5.
This
avoided.
likely to attract
Avoid
all
g6
6.
The
In
same
direction.
sitting, allow
Never stand
weak
last
knees.
10.
up the stage," or
you
When you
go
directly front; if
wish to go to the
to reach.
Do
not
make
too
many
Never change
position
during
pause.
It
attracts attention
Always
is
rise
from a
sitting position
by support-
upon the
retired
foot.
As
the
body
foot.
In the act of
sitting,
chair,
so as to avoid
any
side-
body descends.
The weight
foot.
should
The
97
nearly reached.
avoided.
16.
sudden
dropping
may
thus be
In
all
your
actions, avoid
monotony.
17. In going up or down a stair, hold the body erect and do not hasten. In going up, lift the body firmly, step by step in descending, be quite as firm.
;
What
disappointment would
if
fill
majority of speakers
the platform
!
Men
do not
appear, yet
The grotesque
attitudes
meaningless
actions
power.
From
the time a
man
upon the platform the audience has a right to see his face. He must not look at the floor he must not turn his side to the front, but walk the stage in angles he must not make a gesture across his body or before his face he must not talk to the walls, but to his hearers, in fact, he must be a gentleman.
; ;
;
Nervousness
A man
stand
before
still.
Stand
master of yourself.
98
at your sides until you need them Your handkerchief should be in your pocket and not in your hands if you have occasion to on no account use it, do so while you are speaking
for a gesture.
It
remain there.
A nervous speaker
it
known
to
and returning
to his
left at home or receive none of your Never lean on a desk nor touch the furniture of the stage to move it. If you feel nervous, stand still and no one will know it. Mannerisms grow out of nervousness, and should be avoided. Never cross the legs on the platform, nor present the sole of the shoe
to the audience.
constant motion.
so
;
you desire
after
to button
your coat, do
if
not, leave
you need
to time yourself,
out, lay
Do
not play
with anything.
call to
We
99
we Bow
lecturer
him warmly. On retiring he may bow to the front and both sides, but only when he is very popular, and can see this by the demonstrations of his audience.
An
recite,
elocutionist,
to read or
may
or
may
he should
platform.
bow
modestly,
however, as he leaves
as to hide the face
the
be on
fire,
and your
fire
will
warm
the great
heart of humanity.
"
By
necessity, by proclivity,
and
by delight
we
quote
CHAPTER XXI
Quotations
The
list
of short quotations,
and
ready
call.
They
are a nectar at
short,
We
may add
others.
in his selections.
to the propriety
:
and
One
fame
;
says
"
To copy
beauties
is
to
copy faults
want
of
its
much
One may quote till one compiles." Another The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of " A great man ages, may be preserved by quotation." quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when Emerson his memory serves him with a word as good."
says
"
says
the
"
Next
to the orginator of a
it.
good sentence
is
first
quoter of
We
:
are as
much
informed of a
origi-
writer's genius
by what he
says
selects as
by what he
nates."
He
also
" All
minds quote."
It
is
"Genius bor-
rows nobly."
100
QUOTATIONS
Id
be used in
tions could
exercises.
Long
extracts
from
classic ora-
author
took
it
would be studying
"When
best.""
CHAPTER XXII
Quotations from the Bible
1.
Be of good
courage,
and he
y^
Blessed
is
he whose transgression
is
forgiven,
^^'^
whose
sin is
covered.
D.S.p. 3.
Oh
that
men would
praise the
Lord
for
\^%
goodness,
^'-
and
for
his wonderful
works
4.
Wisdom
all
is
therefore get
wisdom
and
with
5.
Take
thy
fast
hold of instruction;
^-^^
let
she
is
/y^e.
^=p-
6.
is
Ponder
all
feet,
and
let all
thy ways be
es-
tablished:' D.F.
8.
For wisdom
is
and
ail
may
IO3
out her seven
Wisdom
She hath
hewn
pillars.
H.o.
killed her beasts;
HO.
hath also furnished her
H.O.p.
forth her
city.
maidens : she
-^-
crieth
places of the
10.
The
Lord
is
the beginning of
is
understanding.
D.O.
2,
is
the
^^
The
is
is
the poor
14.
The tongue of
is little
the just
is
wicked
worth.
D.S.
^^
but he that of a
15.
is
faithfiil
spirit concealeth
the matter.
^"*^'
H.O.p.
16.
shall
17.
soft
stir
up anger.
18.
He
that
is
slow
tcj
anger is better than the mighty; and he ^^^ he that taketh a city.
H.o.
iq.
.
The
.
.
slothful
man
saith, there is
a lion without,
H.O.V.
shall
be slain
in the streets.
^,
104
20.
man
he
shall stand
mean men.
D.S.
He
that turneth
D.S.o.
away
his ear
prayer
E.O.
shall
be abomination.
22.
And
beside
this,
giving
all diligence,
add to your
faith virtue;
H.F.I.
H.F.
and
to virtue knowledge;
H F.I.
temperance patience
H.F.p.
;
and
to
to
brotherly kindness
and
kindness charity.
E.O.
D O.Bo.
23.
Let us lay aside every vpeight, and the sin which doth so
-D.So.
and
let
is set
and
well.''''
CHAPTER
XXIII
Authors
will control
it
you.
D.F.
Even
virtue is fairer
when
it
3.
4.
He
believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the
H.F.n.
let
6.
The mind
7.
Do
not care
how many,
H.S.
but
whom, you
H.F.I.
please.
8.
Nothing
is
raised to a high
position. H.O.
g.
In a
moment
H.o.
the sea
is
vessels are
on the waves.
H.F. -H.o.
10.
Be firm,
may
require.
H.O.s.
H.F.C. H.F.-H.O.p.
11.
We
success.
P-S,
105
100
12.
backs. H.B.
13.
He
is
14. The coming years bring many advantages with them retiring they take away many.
H.B,
thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and ^-^^ never turn pale with ^z7/.
15.
Be
this
D.b.
16.
Live with
as H.o. Bo.
men
if
converse with
God
Rep.
as
if
The
Rep.
seem good
18.
to others.
The more
more laws.
D.O.Bo.
19.
Remember
to
be calm in adversity.
H.F.p.
;
20.
(ear, to
death.
D.S.
21.
22.
Envy
peaks.
E.F. -E.O.I.
^O-
23.
There
is
H.-D.
Proverbs
1.
to strength.
2.
The
I
E.-D.C.
3.
would wish
to be rather
than to seem.
H.S.O.
H.O.
> r
IO7
A pleasing countenance is
The drop
SXs,
silent
recommendation.
H.F.
its
5.
force,
but by the
fre-
quency of
6.
falling.
will \iz\^you if D.F.
^'^^
you \ove yourself
H.F.n.
Many
7.
8.
Not
9.
Everything unknown
It
10.
matters
appear
H.S.
so.
^'^
is invinciile.
11.
Mirtne alone
Virtue
H.O.-D.O.
12.
is
13.
Virtue
is
the
way
of
life.
E.o.
H.-E.O.
No man
is
bound
God.
E.O.V.
2.
Outward acts
H.O.Bo.
3.
4.
When
there of
words f
D.S.o.
;.
6.
E.-D.
108
7.
8.
Justice
knows
to
truth alone.
E.F. orE.O.
9.
^^
The law
Reason
H.B.
10.
is
a ray of divine
is
light.
E.G.
1 1
The king
king.
H.S.
stole them.''^
CHAPTER XXIV
Quotations and Studies from Various Authors
Lowell
1.
The
H F.-H.S.
H.O.Bo.
mean
^'^'
2.
Truth!
morn
3.
Then
is
noble
profit,
'tis
4.
Count me
o'er earth's
chosen heroes,
H.F.-H.O.
They were
Turn those
c.
no
6.
New
Time makes
ancient
good
uncouth
D.S.
still,
fealty
we grant
it
so
but then,
us men.
E.O.
man made
I
made
8.
Is called for
by the
Nor
think
apart
less.
Because we tear
parchment more or
D.S.
STUDY
The First Snow Fall
The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway
With a
silence deep
fir
and white.
Was
From sheds new roofed with Carrara Came chanticleer's muffled crow The stiff rails were softened to swan's down And still fluttered down the snow.
window work of the sky. And the sudden flurries of snow birds, Like brown leaves whisking by.
I
The
noiseless
thought of a
mound
Where
little
How
As
the flakes
Up
Mabel,
it
Saying, "Father,
who makes
snow?"
And
good
All-father,
Who
Again
I
fall.
And
That arched o'er our first great sorrow, When that mound was heaped so high.
remembered the gradual patience That fell from the cloud like snow. Flake by flake, healing and hiding
I
The
And
"
whispered,
all,
The snow
that husheth
it fall."
not,
kissed her
And she, kissing back, could not know, That my kiss was given to her sister,
Folded close under the deepening snow.
To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death. Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night
;;
112 QUOTATIONS
Scourged to
dungeon
but, sustained
and soothed
By an
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch lies down to pleasant dreams.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers
And
3.
dies
among
his worshipers.
side,
Stand here by
my
and
turn, I pray,
;
On
the lake below, thy gentle eyes clouds hang over it, heavy and gray, the water
lies
;
Flake
after flake,
They
4.
Yet grieve thou not, nor think thy youth is gone, Nor deem that glorious season e'er could die.
Thy
pleasant youth, a
little
while withdrawn,
Waits on the horizon of a brighter sky Waits like the morn, that folds her wings and hides, Till the slow stars bring back her dawning hour
Waits, like the vanish'd spring, that slumbering bides
to waken bud and flower. welcome thee, when thou shalt stand On his bright morning hills, with smiles more sweet Than when at first he took thee by the hand. Through the fair earth to lead thy tender feet.
shall he
There
He
still.
new
strength,
and
fill
Thy
Where'er
My
2.
And
Exults in
the
3.
And
4.
Who
5.
think
it
By
had learned
to prize
More
rise.
6.
lips prevailed
And
fools
who came
to scoff H.O.v.
remained
to
pray.
H.O.p.
7.
Ye
who
survey
The
'Tis yours to
judge
how wide
H s.
To
;:
14 QUOTATIONS
Studies fro
1
Milton
How
Of echoing
or thicket, have
we heard
Beauty
If
It
is
nature's coin,
you
3.
Beauty
excelled
And wisdom,
4.
In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive cease to admire, and all her plumes
;
Fall
flat
and shrink
At every sudden
5.
What honor that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies,
Outlandish
flatteries ?
6.
He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the center, and enjoy bright day
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun Himself is his own dungeon.
7.
By thy kind pow'r and influencing care. The various creatures live, and move, and
are.
8.
He
seem'd
For dignity composed, and high exploit But all was false and hollow.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity While other animals unactive range,
And
of their doing
God
takes no account.
Tennyson
1
Mom,
Came
furrowing
all
2.
Pray Heaven
for a
human
heart,
E.O.
And
let
your
selfish
sorrow go.
D.s.
3.
In the Spring a
of love. H.O.
livelier iris
4.
Many
a night shade,
mellow
-H.0.-E.O.
Glitter like a
swarm
of
fireflies
5.
H.F.
H.B.
6.
Many an evening by the waters did we watch the stately ships, And our spirits rush'd together at the touching of our lips.
As
the husband
is,
7.
the wife
is
And
down.
D.F.
16 QUOTATIONS
8.
The
splendor
on
old in story
The
And
9.
Man
is
Shame
is
it is
the loss
of our own.
the
we must confess amidst the humors and and vices that play their part in the our own we do not find such Great Comedy of
2.
My
friends
it
follies,
fault if
though rare and few, as redeem the rest, brightening the shadows that are flung from the form and body of the time with glimpses of the everlasting holiness of truth and love.
natures,
3.
In the tale of
human
is
some-
within us the
bond which
;
unites the
most
distant eras
!
We love to
when we
look upon
!
its
emotions
it lives
in our
which was, ever is The magician's gift, that revives the dead that animates the dust of forgotten graves, is not in the author's
skill
it
is
4.
See,
my
see
thro' plots
and counterplots
Along the
plains,
Eternal Babel
still
Of human
5.
happiness glides on
Oh, what glorious prophets of the foture are youth and hope
II
Our country
is less
the blood, the heart, the right hand of the poor man.
7.
What
is past, is past.
to repent,
to
all
men who
My father died
Was my own
and
I,
lord.
Out of the prison of And, with such jewels as.the exploring mind
Brings from the caves of knowledge, .buy
my ransom
From those twin jailers of the daring heart, Low birth and iron fortune. For thee I grew
A midnight
For thee
I
And
thought of thee.
And passion taught me poesy of thee. And on the painter's canvas grew the life
Of
9.
beauty.
is
no such word
As
10.
fail
The mate for beauty Should be a man, and not a money chest
Pope
1.
The
2.
we beauty
Rep.
But the
3.
joint force
and
full result
of all.
Hear how the birds, on every blooming spray, With joyous music wake the dawning day.
H. F.-H.o.
: ;;
Il8 QUOTATIONS
4.
we grow
no doubt,
5.
is
to feel
no
sin,
He's arm'd without that's innocent within Be this thy screen, and this thy wall of Brass.
H.F.
6.
D.F.
Begone, ye
critics,
and
7.
light.
God
8.
said,
all
was
Bo.H.O.
But
g.
Be
silent H.F.p.
always
sense
And
speak, though
Studies
1
Those heads,
Which
2.
I
nauseate
digest.
lose
my
When
3.
patience, and I own it too, works are censured, not as bad, but new.
Ah
Nor in the critic let the man be lost Good nature and good sense must ever join To err is human to forgive, divine.
;
4.
Some have at first for wits, then poets passed, Turn'd critics next, and proved plain fools at last.
But you with pleasure own your errors past, each day a critic on the last.
5.
And make
;;
19
Some
ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town.
7.
Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown O grant an honest fame, or grant me none.
8.
condition rise;
honor
lies.
9.
Behold the
child,
Pleased with a
rattle, tickled
Some
A
And
little
louder, but as
stage.
he
sleeps,
Know
then
thyself,
of
man
is
found.
Now
Another race the following spring supplies They fall successive, and successive rise.
The
heart
Thou,
ship of State
Sail on,
Humanity with
With
Is
all its
thy keel.
steel,
thy ribs of
"
Who
What
made each mast, and sail, and rope. anvils rang, what hammers beat.
!
Were shaped
3.
God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men.
And
4.
bring
them back
to
heaven again.
Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice.
And
lend to the
The beauty
of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tent, like the Arabs,
And
J.
dead
village street
And from its station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all,
" Forever
Never
7.
forever
never
!
Never
Where
parting, pain,
and
care.
And
death,
and time
shall disappear,
!
Sayeth
" Forever
Never
8.
forever
never
!"
Were
a star quenched on high, For ages would its light. Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight.
So when a
great
man
dies,
For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him Upon the paths of men.
lies
Charles
1.
Mackey
E.O.
Goodness
is
alone immortal ^
made
is
to last.
D.S.
3.
Lo
the world
3.
the
more we win.
C.
4.
Standing
still is
childish folly,
is
Going backward
a crime
None should
patiently endure
;
Any
ill
To
a finger To affront us with his might While an error clouds the reason
:
While Oppression
;:
! ;
Old opinions, rags and tatters Ye are worn ah, quite threadbare We must cast you off forever
;
always cramping.
Letting in the wind and sleet. Chilling us with rheums and agues,
Or
We have found a
mental raiment.
Old opinions 1 rags and tatters Get you gone ! Get you gone'.
6.
Men
Sow
be up and stirring Night and day withdraw the curtain the seed
of thought
!
Clear the
Men
of action,
Men
Lo
!
of thought
Clear the
way
day
From
the
And
Lo
!
Clear the
7-
way
And many live, and are rank'd as mad, And placed in the cold world's ban.
For sending their bright far-seeing souls Three centuries in the van.
>
>
K
T-
And
Worth, not Birth, shall rule mankind, And be acknowledged stronger The proper impulse has been given Wait a little while longer.
;
judged of by
their
number
CHAPTER XXV
Miscellaneous Quotations and Studies
1.
Applause
ones.
is
weak
2.
D.S.
C. C. COLTON.
Bo.
Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights at my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree ?
H.O.
D.S.
Moore.
...
3.
Character
is
higher than
intellect.
E.O.
be strong
Emerson.
4.
Comparisons are
offensive.
Cervantes.
put
5-
A penny in
D.S.
And
Pollard.
pursue.
6.
and
D.s.o.
approve
it,
too.
Condemn
wrong
Ovid.
7.
There
is
Seward.
8.
We may live without poetry, music, and art We may live without conscience, and live vrithout heart We may live without friends we may live without books
;
But
civilized
man
cannot
live
without cooks.
124
125
He may live without books, what is knowledge but grieving? He may live without hope, what is hope but deceiving? He may live without love, what is passion but pining?
But where
is
the
man
Meredith.
to find
you
10.
The
true
grandeur of nations
is
in those qualities
Sumner.
which
Man's inhumanity
to
man
Makes
Burns.
12. When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him. Koran.
13.
What
is
the superior
in others.
man
seeks
is
in himself
man
seeks
14. To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience provided he has a very large heart.
Bulwer-Lytton.
hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough, what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the charGeorge Washington. acter of an "Honest Man."
15.
I
to maintain,
16.
fire,
Labor
to
little
spark of celestial
called conscience.
It is in
George Washington.
more
17.
general
Carlyle.
profitable to reckon
tance, but to do
19.
Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly Carlyle. what lies clearly at hand.
at a dis-
Affection
is
life.
George
Eliot.
:;
126
20.
the power to
George Eliot.
Shakespeare.
fulfil
another.
21.
Sweet are the roses of adversity Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous.
Wears
22.
Be thou
escape calumny.
23.
Shakespeare.
charity for
all,
in the right, as
God
Lincoln.
with firmness
24.
Many men
the
head,
There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things. H. W. Beecher.
the heart, are
stufifed
with goods.
25.
and they
26.
show themselves
great.
Emerson.
treat
them
greatly,
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said.
This
is
my
own,
my
native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned. From wandering on a foreign strand
such there breathe, go, mark him well For him no Minstrel raptures swell High though his titles, proud his name.
If
power, and
pelf.
The
wretch, concentered
all in self.
shall
go down
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TITLE
A Battle,
A
Good Name,
Tliy
....
Be,
.
AUTHOR
Charlea Sumner,
Joel Hawes,
Alter Vacation,
Americanism,
As
A Turkish Tradition,
Before Vicksboig, Beside the Railway Track, Commencement Day, Compromise of Principle,
W. D.
Potter.
Employ Toar
Tailed,
Own Intellect,
Sutan
Coolidge,
Flattering
Grandma,
Joseph Gilbert Holland, H. W. LongfeUaw,
Forward,
Setting the Bight Start, Olimpaes into Clondland, How the Ransom Was Paid, " I wai Help You,"
Manhood,
....
Wolstan Dixey, George K. Hbrria, Sydney Smith, Woletan Dixey, William McEinley,
Dora
Goodale,
Only
in
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Our Country,
Epet Sargent,
Adeline D. T. Whitney, Christian Gilbert, Alexander Hamilton,
J. S. Cutler.
The Amen of the Rocks, The American Constitntion, The Angel of Dawn, The Barbarous Chief, The Beautiful in Creation, The Coast-Gnard, The Daily Task, The Demon on the Boot,
.
Josephine Pollard,
MiBoellaneovLS Continued.
TITLE The Drawbridge Keeper, The Friend of My Heart, Tlie Inquiry
AUTHOR
llenry Abbey,
The Liglit-honse, The Little Qrave, The Little MesBengei of Love, The Monlf'B Vision, The Old Stone Baein, Susan Coalidgs, The People's Holidays, Marianne famingham, The Permanence of Qrant's Fame, James O. Blaine, The Silver Bird's Nest, The Southern Soldier, Henry W. Qrady, The TTnconecious Greatness of Stonewall
. .
.... ....
.
Charles Mackay,
....
Jackson,
Moses D. Bodges, D.
Z>.,
... ....
.... ....
Malcolm Douglas,
Concert Becitations.
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C. Btedman, Meta E. B. T/umu, C. B. LeBow, James Eussdl LoweU,
Edmund
The Coming of Spring, The Death of Oar Almanac, The Good Time Coming, The Sorrow of the Sea, The Two Glasses,
.
Two Epitaphs,
WholBit?
....
Accompaniment.
" St. Nicholas," A Winter Song Longfellow, Extract from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, B. W. BeUn M. Winslow, Hope's Song, Moore, Ella Maud Bock of Ages
Accompaniment
AUTHOK
Frances L. Maee, Wolstan Dixey,
Celia Thaater,
Continued.
The AngeluB, The Coiicert Reheareal, . The SanriBe Never Palled Us Yet,
.
. .
Poets' Birthdays.
A Bryant Alphabet,
Extract conceming Bryant,
Green Biyer,
Compiler, Bev. Benry W. BeBowi, John Bigelow, George William Curtil, Edwin P. Whipple, WiUiam CtUlen Bryant,
The Hurricane, The Night Journey of a Biver, The Third of November, The Violet,
An Emereon
Emerson,
George Willie Cooke, Oliver WendeU Holmes, Protap C. Mozoomdar, Horace E. Seudder,
from " Compensation," " "Works and Days," The Concord Fight, TheRbodora
"
"
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" "
"
Compiler,
International Ode, Oliver WendeU Holmes, " " " James Eussell Lowell's Birthday Festival, John Greenleaf Whittier, Our Autocrat,
George William Curtii, Charles W. Eliot, Wm. Sloane Kennedy, Bev. Bay Palmer,
Frances H. Underwood,
Oliver
"
AUTHOR
Compiler,
.
A Longfellow Alphabet,
Charles Sumner, Extract concerning Longfellow,
John
ereerdtttf Whittier,
WiUiam W.
Story,
E. W. Longfellow,
.
Abraham Lincoln,
James
A Lowell Alphabet,
Extract concerning Lowell,
David W.
Frances H. Underwood,
Freedom,
James
Russell Lowell,
James
A Whittier Alphabet,
Extract concerning Whittier,
Compiler,
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James
Russell Lowell,
Temperance.
Coming, . . . . The Cry of Personal iiiberty. The Great National Scourge, The Temperance Pledge, . Water,
It la
M. Florence Masker,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Ireland,
Thos. Francis Marshall,
Words of Cheer,
Thomas B. Barker,
The Seasons.
TITLB
'
ATTTHOB
Mary E.
Bradley,
John QreenteafWhUtiir,
Soialine E. Jones,
Hay, NoTember
October,
.... ....
Eowitt,
....
Flowers.
Mary
....
.... ....
Mrs. Mary B. Dodge, Bobert Eerrick,
Lucy Larcom,
W. L. Jaguitk,
Bagged
Roses,
Sailors,
Sweet Peas,
.......
The Daisy, The Golden Flower, The Message of the Snow-Drop, The Trailing Arbutus The Wild Violet
....
.
....
Bannah F.
Cfould,
To the Dandelion
Lincoln's Birthday.
Abrabam Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Place in History, Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr, .
JamesA.
. .
Oarjletd,
Lincoln's Birthday
TITLB
Continued.
ACTHOB
....
of
The
Beligions Lincohi
Character
Washington's Birthday.
Crown Car Washington,
George Washington
Original Maxims of Qeorge WasbingtOD Oar Washington, . The Birthday of Washington, The Character of Washington, . The Faith of Washington, . . The Memory of Washington, . . The Twenty-second of Febrnary, . Washington, The Unselfishness of , The Washington Monoment, . Washington, Washington a Model for Youth, . .
. . . . . . .
BezeUah Buiterworth,
....
Sliza W. SurUn,
Frederic B. Coudert, B. Everett, William Cullen Bryant, BObert TreSFalne, Bobert Cigfinthrop,
....
....
. . .
Bvery-day Botany, Song of Arbor Day, Song of the Maple Plant a Tree, . . . The Cedars of Lebanon, The Little Brown Seed in the Furrow, The Pine Tree,
Arbor Say.
K.O.WeOa,
Katherine H. Perry,
Lmy Larcom,
Zetitia E.
Landon,
Ida W. Benham,
....
What Do We When We
Benry Abbey,
Decoration Day.
A Ballad of Heroes,
Army of the Potomac,
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CONTENTS COLLEGE
CLOTH
GIRLS' READINGS.
t]
506 pages.
.Joseph C. Powell Robert CoUyer Kate D. W. Rrggs
DESCRIPTIVE.
Anonymous
....Herbert A. Howe Benjamin F. Taj/lor
on the Moon
The Bell The Field of Culloden The Fisherman's Hut The Fragrant Timber of Her Fan The Minuet The Nature of True Eloquence The Prairie Fire The Queen's Year TheSkeeRace The Wanderer's Night Song
Victoria
DRAMATIC.
An Unknown Hero
Brier Rose
Mad Dog
Anonymous
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The Atlantic Cable The Ballad of East and West The Battle of Germantown The Cardinal's Soliloquy The Colonel's Story The Drop of Water The Fight ot Paso Del Mar The Gladiator The Island of the Scots The Light on Dead Man's Bar The New South The Rising in 177S The Unknown Speaker
A Difficult Problem.
Ego et Echo Mouse Hunting My Sister Has a Bean
HUMOROUS.
W. Thurston
Rm
Laura E. Richards
O.W.Holmes
indialect in dialect
" Little Orphant Annie " Mr. Haines' Able Argument. in dialect... ..ffifri^^rfiv Co/. E. B.Hay in dialect Muckle Mouth Meg Robert Byowning Nebuchadnezzar indialect Irwin Russell INDIALECT. Jlarritt Beecker Stouie Xopsy
CaseofGoHang
CONTENTS COLLEGE
A Brave
GIRLS' READINGS.
JUVENILE.
Little Girl
Anmymous
/.^a-Ae
cary
HerGrandpa
HerMrijesty in the King's Gardens Little Blue Ribbons Lullaby One, Two, Three!
,
Edgar
ff^ade
!.
Abbot
Abbie
Brown
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
Arbor Day.
John B. Tabb .John Ruskin Lucy Larcom
Fern Song
The
Fourth of July (See Patriotic). (c) Memorial Day. Address at Gettysburg Abraham Lincoln
,
Arlington Decoration Day Decoration Day Memorial Day Address The Great Remembrance The Meaning of Victory
,.
James
.
Garfield
Hezekiah Butterworth Susie M. Best IV. Jennings Brjyan Richard Watson Gtlder Charles Devens
Two Colors
Anonymous
Recited by Col. E. B.
Hay
NATURE.
An October Morning Discontent
Nature
Round
M.W.Stryker
Sir Charles Russell Henry Watterson
Peace
Public Opinion
TarifiF
Thomas Carlyle John Bright Rufus Choate Thomas Brackett Reed Charles Sumner
Wendell Phillips
William L. Wilson
Reform
The Age of Improvement The Battle of Bennington The Bunker Hill Monument The Constitution
ThePuritans
Daniel Webster
Edward J. Phelps
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Louis Kossuth
Herman
W. W. Henry L. Wayland
CONTENTS COLLEGE
The Reformer The Teaching of the Colleges
GIRLS* READINGS.
Horace Greeley
Seik
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,.
Low
Two Voices
William
Ware
ORATORICAL AND
EULOGISTIC.
George F. Hoar Eugene H. Levy Willtam McKinley Frederic R. Coudert Horace Porter
Charles D. Warner Robert J. Burdette
,
Daniel Webster
Grant at Appomattox
Grant, the Soldier and Statesman
The Faith of Washington The Hero- President The Martyr-Spy The Monument of William Pen n
PATHETIC,
Hugo
Emily Warren
,
Our Homemaker
Over the Crossing Poor-House Nan
Positively the Last Performance
Margaret J. Preston Anonymous Anonymous Nora Perry Eugene Field Walt Whitman Margaret J. Preston A.D.T, Whitney Anonymous Lucy M. Blinn
Recited by Col. E.
B Hay
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PATRIOTIC.
American Nationality American Patriotism Chorus of Islanders Columbia Columbia's Banner England and Her Colonies Liberty and Union
Marmara
Never Our Country Our Country
Patriotism
Patriot Sons of Patriot Sires
Now or
W.Holmes
G. Whittier
Benjamin Harrison
Hannah More
The filue and Gray The College and the Nation The Glorious Constitution The Hope of the Nation * The Lone Star of Coba The Love of Home The Man Without a Country The Nashville Exposition
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CONTENTS COLLEGE
The National Flag The National Hymn The New Americanism The New Patriotism The Spartans' March
Washington Washington Washington and the Nation Washington's Birthday
(a)
GIRLS' READINGS.
Henry Ward Beecher janet E. H. Richards Henry Watterson Richard Watson Gilder
'.
William McKinley
M.E.Sangster
Theodore Roosevelt
E. M. Thomas
Loyalty to Truth Mater Amabilis My Rights The Happiest Time in Life The Lady of the Castle
i^John
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Anonymous
E. Matheson
Celia
.
Thaxter
j[
Columbus
John Lord Woman as Friend Woman in Politics J. Ellen Foster () REFLECTIVE AND PHILOSOPHICAL.
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Alfred Tennyson Lyman Abbott Albion W, Tourgee Delavigne Lindsay Anna Agnes E. Mitchell
Things Shall Pass Away Education Graduation Imagination and Fancy International Gopd Will
All
Longing
Self-Dependence
Theodore Tilton John Ruskin Phillips Brooks Charles C. Everett New York Tribune James Russell Lowell
Tempered
Thanatopsis
Sarah
C.
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Matthew Arnold Woolsey (" Susan Coolidge ") William C. Bryant Oliver Wendell Holmes
Eva Lovett
Anonymous
To a Skeleton
(a)
SENTIMENTAL.
Mrs. A. Giddings Park
April'sFools
AuntTabitha Lucinda'sFan
My Delflware Maid
The Cane-Bottomed The Tell-Tale
(i)
Anonymous
Dr. John Watson (" Ian Maclaren ") Samuel Roge-^\
Francois E. J.
Isabel A.
"Uncle Todd"
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Introduction to
Commencement
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Parts.
2.
Oration.
3.
Commencement
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The
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For a Dental College. (d) For a College. (e) For a School. (/) For a College.
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Service.
Good Day.
LIBERALISM.
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Class
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Day
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(e)
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Alma
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)
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Day Exercises
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(5) Dux's Speech. (6) Ivy Oration. (7) Class Song. (<?) Ivy Oration. (9) Class Will. (10) Ivy Oration.
(7^) Ivy Poem. {12) Ivy Song. \i3) Class OrationThe Old and New. (14) Washington's Birthday Oration. (is) Presentation Oration. (lb) Class Oration Abraham Lincoln. (it) Class Mottoes (1-42).
5.
(j) Essays.
(a) Beatrice.
(b)
(c)
(Character Study.) Independent Character. (Descriptive.) Ruskin's "Ethics of the Dust." (Criticr' /
(d)
(e)
Sill.
(Literary.)
Intellectual
(;) (k)
(/)
(Philosophical Disputation.) Fittest in Literature. (Literary Discussion.) "Una." (Analytical.) Thomas Chatterton. (Prize College Essay.) Kipling's Religion. (Literary.) The Reaction Against the Classics. (Colloquy.) Memory's Message. (Dedicatory.)
Manual Training and Intellectual Development. (Normal School Prize Essay.) (m) True Nobility. (A College Prize Essay.)
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Aftei-Dinner Spea&ft^.
(/) Introductory Suggestions. (2) An Address of Welcome at an Al umni Dinner (In Honor of the College President). " Yale and Princeton." (3) Response to a Toast, " The Puritan and the Dutch(^) Response to a Toast,
man."
(j) Response to a Toast,
(6) Response
to a Toast, to a Toast,
Political
States." (o) Response to a Toast, "Recollection the Strongest Influence." (10) Response to a Toast, " The Future of the Nation." Ill) An After-Dinner Story. List of Toasts (1-40). (j^)
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Flag Day.
Introduction. (2) Recitation for a Boy or Girl. (j) Recitation Our Country. (^) Recitation The Stars and Stripes^ (j) Address Old Glory. The Voice of the Flag, (<5) Address
(j-)
8.
(2) Hail Columbia. (^) America. {4) The Star-Spangled Banner. (/) Our Flag is There.
Washington's Birthday Address. Washington's Birthday. Tree Planting. (A Poem for Arbor Day.) r Decoration Day Address. Memorial Day Ode Our Honored Dead.
to.
Occasional Aidfesses.
(/) Religious. (a) Growth.
An Address before a Christian Endeavor Convention. A Chapel Ad. (^) To be Kings among Men. dress by a College President. The Culture of the Imagination. Address be(<r) fore a Young Men's Christian Association.
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