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Nile Kinnick's correspondence with his family, January-June 1939
1939-02-27: Page 02
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I admonish you to do better not in the spirit of criticism but rather as a matter of constructive suggestion. Nothing is more important than excellence of expression - written and oral. The great preponderance of people have many ideas, but few are able to recognize their worth. And of those few an even smaller percentage are capable of expressing it. Of what good are ideas if you can't express them well; how can you support a cause or a principle if you aren't able to speak fluently and write convincingly. I trust you'll appreciate the truth of what I say and start right now to improve. You can't beat an alert, active mind supported
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I admonish you to do better not in the spirit of criticism but rather as a matter of constructive suggestion. Nothing is more important than excellence of expression - written and oral. The great preponderance of people have many ideas, but few are able to recognize their worth. And of those few an even smaller percentage are capable of expressing it. Of what good are ideas if you can't express them well; how can you support a cause or a principle if you aren't able to speak fluently and write convincingly. I trust you'll appreciate the truth of what I say and start right now to improve. You can't beat an alert, active mind supported
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