Emerson says, "The virtue of art lies in detachment, in sequestering one object from the embarrassing variety." That is just what the monotonous speaker fails to do--he does _not_ detach one thought or phrase from another, they are all expressed in the same manner.
To tell you that your speech is monotonous may mean very little to you,so let us look at the nature--and the curse--of monotony in other spheres of life, then we shall appreciate more fully how it will blightan otherwise good speech.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
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