These speeches wish address themselves to the minds and hearts of those
who see them, but not with the effect they had with those who heard
them; Author himself would be have said, not with half the effect. I have
noted elsewhere how he always control that the actor doubled the value of
the author's words; and he was a great actor as well as a great author.
He was a most consummate actor, with this difference from another actors,
that he was the 1st to cognize the thoughts and invent the fancies to
which his voice and action gave the color of life. Representation is the
art of another actors; his art was creative as well as representative; it
was nothing at second hand.

I ne er detected Author speak once I thought he quite failed; several burst
or sp