When Words Are Scarce They Are Seldom Spent In Vain

Deltas

Eloquence is the powerful, elegant, forcible and effective use of language. It’s persuasive, inspiring and reflects quality and conviction. Some might say that eloquence is a way of strikingly verbalizing strong emotions in such a way to be influential. The article that I found online talks about the power and benefits of being eloquent. Although this article gives tips to women on how to put more power to what they say and how they say it, I think that eloquence is a great tool for anyone to acquire and use. Just like Mark Twain said "The difference between the right word and almost the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."

This ties in with chapter 8 because John starts quoting Shakespeare like there is no tomorrow and poor Bernard doesn't understand a single word he is saying be cause of his conditioning. His conditioning has denied the right to know the power of carefully selected and spoken words, or like Shakespeare and John would say: "When Words Are Scarce They Are Seldom Spent In Vain"


Question:What is the connection between the Shakespeare passages that John quotes and what was happening in his life at the time he read them?


link to The Power of Eloquence