go there poor one year, and go home rich; in four years they become

moneylenders, all by a trust in that gracious providence that takes care of

legislators' salaries. Their next duty after that is to serve the party that

sent them up, and then, if there is anything left of them, it belongs to the

commonwealth. Someone has said very wisely, that if a man traveling wishes to

relish his dinner he had better not go into the kitchen to see where it is

cooked; if a man wishes to respect and obey the law, he had better not go to the

Legislature to see where that is cooked.

 

--HENRY WARD BEECHER.

 

From a lecture delivered in Exeter Hall, London, 1886, when making his last tour

of Great Britain.

 

_In Case of Trouble_

 

But what are you to do if, notwithstanding all your efforts, you should forget

your points, and your mind, for the minute, becomes blank? This is a deplorable

condition that sometimes arises and must be dealt with. Obviously, you can sit

down and admit defeat. Such a consummation is devoutly to be shunned.

 

Walking slowly across the platform may give you time to grip yourself, compose

your thoughts, and stave off disaster. Perhaps the surest and most practical

method is to begin a new sentence with your last important word. This is not

advocated as a method of composing a speech--it is merely an extreme measure