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-27- far nor« important was tba deriousuasB with which ware spoken* "fireryone of his words cones out with a powerful current of energyj at tinea i t aeeaa aa if thay are tarn from tbe very heart of the atftPr causing him indescribable angulnh." {Fry, 577) "Leaning from tile tribune* a a if he were trying to impel his inner aalf into the consciousness of all tbepe thousanda, ha was holding the masses and ne with them iwdsr a hypnotle *pnll • • *• It was ales* that Bitl#r WHB feeling tha axalta- tion of tbfl saotionftl raeponae now surging up toward him * • * hie voice fifing to paaaionate clinaxeB * . * hlfl words wera like a aeourge* When he ptopjwd dpe&fcing his ehast Wftfl fftlll hearing with emotion** (Ludecko, 164) ^ j writers have commented upoa his nbility W hypnotize * Stanley Eigh (4£fi) "ffhoa, at the eli«wucj he e*Bye ffoa side to th* otb#r his liatoners any with hljHj when ha Icons forward thej also lean forward and when he concludes tbaj either are awed and silent or on their feat In ad A apeak or, ha has bad a powerful influence on the conmon run of Genum people* Kis mofltinga wera alwajB crowded and by the time he got through speaking he had completely numbed the critical faculties of oifi liutoners to the point where the/ were willing to believe almost anything he said. He flattered the* aad cajoled them. He hurled accusations at • > them one aoment and amused them the next by building Up straw men which he pronptlj knocked down* lila tongue was like A lash which whipped up tha ettotiona of his audience, And aooehow • • he always nanaged to s&y what the najority cf the audieact were REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES