DON'T GIVE UP

                                                             CHEER UP

           ONE TIME A YOUNG MAN WHO ASPIRED TO STUDY LAW, WROTE TO LINCOLN FOR ADVICE, AND LINCOLN REPLIED; IF YOU ARE RESLUTELY DETERMINED TO MAKE A LAWYER OF YOURSELF, THE THING IS MORE THAN HALF DONE ALREADY... ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR OWN RESOLUTION TO SUCCEED IS MORE IMPROTANT THAN ANY OTHER ONE THING.

                                                   THE ART OF SITTING DOWN

        ISN'T IT WELL FOR THE SPEAKER HIMSELF NOT TO SIT FACING THE AUDIENCE BEFORE HE BEGINS? ISN'T IT BETTER TO ARRIVE AS A FRESH EXHIBIT THAN AN OLD ONE?

      BUT, IS WE MUST SIT, LET US BE CAREFUL OF HOW WE SIT. YOU HAVE SEEN MEN LOOK ROUND TO FIND A CHAIR WITH MODIFIED MOVEMENTS OF A FOXHOUND LYING DOWN FOR THE CHAIR, THEY DOUBLE UP AN WHEN THEY DID LOCATE A CHAIR, THEY DOUBLED UP AND FLOPPED DOWN INTO IT WITH ALL THE SELF-CONTROL OF A SACK OF SAND.

      A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO SIT FEELS THE CHAIR STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS LEGS, AND WITH HIS BODY EASILY ERECT FROM HEAD TO HIPS, HE SINKS INTO IT WITH HIS BODY UNDER PERFECT CONTROL.

                                              WHAT IS MEANT BY PREPARATION

           DOES THE PREPARATION OF A SPEECH MEAN THE GETTING TOGETHER OF SOME FAULTLESS PHRASES WRITTEN DOWN OR MEMORIZED? NO, DOES IT MEAN THE ASSEMBLING OF A FEW CASUAL THOUGHTS THAT REALLY CONVEY VERY LITTLE TO YOU PERSONALLY? NOT AT ALL. IT MEANS THE ASSEMBLY OF YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS, YOUR CONVICTIONS, YOUR URGES. AND YOU HAVE SUCH THOUGHTS, SUCH URGES. YOU HAVE THEM EVERY DAY OF YOUR WALKING LIFE. THEY EVEN SWARM THROUGH YOUR DREAMS. YOUR WHOLE EXISTENCE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES. THESE THINGS ARE LYING DEEP IN YOUR SUBCONCIOUS MIND AS THICK AS PEBBLES ON THE SEASHORE. PREPARATION MEANS THINKING, BROODING, RECALLING, SELECTING THE ONES THAT APPEAL TO YOU MOST, POLISHING THEM, WORKING SOUND LIKE SUCH A DIFFICULT PROGRAMME, DOES IT? IT ISN'T . IT JUST REQUIRES A LITTLE CONCENTRATION AND THINKING TO A PURPOSE.