Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
[Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]

To return to the subject. (Literally, "to our mutton.")
[Fr., Revenons a nos moutons.]

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and read more

Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and
reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts
and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among read more

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.