A note to the eager speech-maker, however. As outlined in the preceding chapter, excessive use of any of your speeches to the same people in a given span of time (this is generally equal to the memory power of the listeners, and is represented by the formula L=m[mn] where m is the average memory span of the listeners, n is the number of people present at your last speech, and L gives the duration in days before you can safely make another oration) is not good. Space your speeches at regular intervals, an ideal arrangement is to give one speech a month, on the evening after army wages have been paid out to your audience.

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