Leslie Stephen - A good talker, even more than a good orator, impli

A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience. Modern society is too vast and too restless to give a conversationalist a fair chance.

Context

Stephen and his contemporaries did not anticipate the advent of radio and television which elevated the conversationalist’s ability to have an audience. Today, many conversationalists host media shows and serve as critics and pundits. Many are far better recognized than most politicians and speechmakers.

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Leslie Stephen, 1832–1904, English Philosopher & Historian, Samuel Johnson, 1878

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