SPEAKERS AND NERVES.
Stage-fright' is not uncommon even with those whom we should regard as the most; seasoned speakers. Instances (writes a contemporary) of nervous collapse in the «House of Commons are numerous, and — to refer only to those who are dead and gone — one may recall the caee of Bobby Lowe, who, Happening to confuse his notes in the midst of an important speech, became bewildered, sat down, and never mustered courage to address the House again. Sir George Grey, who was Home Seoretary under Palmerston, was a positive martyr to nervousness, and neveT rose to speak, even on the most trivial topic, without betraying unmistakable signs of his affliction. Another famous victim of stage-fright was John Stuart Mill, who on one memorable occasion, at least, utterly collapsed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 11
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