The Essentials of Elocution #229951

Elocution is the art of speaking language so as to make the thought it expresses clear and impressive.<br><br>This is best done by speaking the language as we should speak it if the thought were ours, and the language came to us as we give it utterance.<br><br>If the thought were ours, and we extemporized the language to express it, we should never fail to speak with "good accent and good discretion;" we should never fail to speak naturally and intelligently, and consequently impressively.