I guess the greatest temptation any speaker has is to overstate his or her case. I heard recently about a temperance speaker who was lecturing on the evils of liquor.

"Who has the most money to spend?" he bellowed. "The saloon keeper! Who has the biggest house? The saloon keeper! Who has the finest furs and the most jewelry? The saloon keeper's wife! And who pays for all this? You do, my friends, you do!"

A few days later, a couple who had been in the audience met the eloquent battler of booze in the street and congratulated him on the wonderful speech.

"I'm pleased to see that you've given up drinking," the lecturer said.

"Well, not exactly," admitted the man. "We bought a saloon." (1) The speaker didn't realize he was presenting them with a choice.

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