In the matter of courage we all have our limits. There never was a hero whodid not have his bounds. I suppose it may be said of Nelson and all the otherswhose courage has been advertised that there came times in their lives whentheir bravery knew it had come to its limit.
I have found mine a good many times. Sometimes this was expected--often itwas unexpected. I know a man who is not afraid to sleep with a rattle-snake, butyou could not get him to sleep with a safety-razor.
I never had the courage to talk across a long, narrow room. I should be atthe end of the room facing all the audience. If I attempt to talk across a roomI find myself turning this way and that, and thus at alternate periods I havepart of the audience behind me. You ought never to have any part of the audiencebehind you; you never can tell what they are going to do.