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Conversation Principles Of Conversation If You Can Talk Well
Culture By Conversation Rules For Conversation Reflections On
Conversation Happiness Through Conversation Conversation And
Courtesy ( Originally Published 1913 ) Several epochs in modern
history have been productive of brilliant conversationalists. In
Shakespeare's time, for example, we know that congenial spirits
found greatest pleasure in conversing and it may be taken for
granted that a keen wit and ready response characterized the
sparkling flow of language. Dr. Johnson and his coterie of
friends passed many delightful hours in interchange of ideas at
the coffee houses; if it be said that it happened frequently
that Johnson talked and the rest listened, it must be remembered
that good conversation presupposes sympathetic listeners as well
as clever talkers. Johnson's expression for having spent a
pleasant evening invariably was: "