But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees it for the God of Things as They Are!
Rudyard Kipling.
THE POWER OF HABIT.
Adapted to the development of transition in pitch, and a very spirited utterance. When you are able to deliver this as Mr. Gough did, you may consider yourself a graduate in the art of elocution.
I remember once riding from Buffalo to the Niagara Falls. I said to a gentleman, “What river is that, sir?”
“That,” said he, “is Niagara River.”
“Well, it is a beautiful stream,” said I; “bright and fair and glassy. How far off are the rapids?”