Animisopibusqueparati—Readyinmindandresources.

—MottoofSouthCarolina.

Inomnibusnegotiispriusquamaggrediare, adhibendaestpr?paratiodiligens—Inallmattersbeforebeginningadiligentpreparationshouldbemade.

—CICERO, DeOfficiis.

TakeyourdictionaryandlookupthewordsthatcontaintheLatinstemflu—theresultswillbesuggestive.

Atfirstblushitwouldseemthatfluencyconsistsinaready, —theflowingqualityofspeechismuchmore, foritisacompositeeffect, witheachofitspriorconditionsdeservingofcarefulnotice.

TheSourcesofFluency

Speakingbroadly, , nativegiftsfigurelargelyhere, asineveryart, , likeMoses, youarepronetocomplainthatyouarenotareadyspeaker.

Haveyoueverstoppedtoanalyzethatexpression, "areadyspeaker?" Readiness, initsprimesense, ispreparedness, : yourknowledgeofwhatyouaregoingtosay, —topreparationmustbeaddedtheeasethatarisesfrompractise; ofwhichmorepresently.

KnowledgeisEssential

, tendenciesofthetime, , however, , (asininitself) .

Butpreparationgoesbeyondthegettingofthefactsinthecaseyouaretopresent: itincludesalsotheabilitytothinkandarrangeyourthoughts, afullandprecisevocabulary, aneasymannerofspeechandbreathing, absenceofself-consciousness, andtheseveralothercharacteristicsofefficientdeliverythathavedeservedspecialattentioninotherpartsofthisbookratherthaninthischapter.