me." Repeat this passage without making a pause. Did it lose in effectiveness?

 

Naturally enough, during a premeditated pause of this kind the mind of the

speaker is concentrated on the thought to which he is about to give expression.

He will not dare to allow his thoughts to wander for an instant--he will rather

supremely center his thought and his emotion upon the sacrifice whose service,

sweetness and divinity he is enforcing by his appeal.

 

_Concentration_, then, is the big word here--no pause without it can perfectly

hit the mark.

 

Efficient pausing accomplishes one or all of four results:

 

_1. Pause Enables the Mind of the Speaker to Gather His Forces Before Delivering

the Final Volley_

 

It is often dangerous to rush into battle without pausing for preparation or

waiting for recruits. Consider Custer's massacre as an instance.

 

You can light a match by holding it beneath a lens and concentrating the sun's

rays. You would not expect the match to flame if you jerked the lens back and

forth quickly. Pause, and the lens gathers the heat. Your thoughts will not set

fire to the minds of your hearers unless you pause to gather the force that

comes by a second or two of concentration. Maple trees and gas wells are rarely

tapped continually; when a stronger flow is wanted, a pause is made, nature has