Law Of Attraction

Confident that he has won the day he takes his seat. His whole demeanor is that of one who believes his word will be accepted without question; it is one of haughtiness. Mark Antony now takes the platform, knowing that the mob is antagonistic to him because he is a friend of Caesar.

In a low, humble tone of voice Antony begins to speak:

Antony: "For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you."

Fourth Citizen: "What does he say of Brutus?"

Third Citizen: "He says, for Brutus' sake, he finds himself beholding to us all."

Fourth Citizen: "'Twere best he speak no harm of Brutus here."

First Citizen: "This Caesar was a tyrant."

Third Citizen: "Nay, that's certain; we are blest that Rome is rid of him."

Second Citizen: "Peace! Let us hear what Antony can say."

(Here you will observe, in Antony's opening sentence, his clever method of "neutralizing" the minds of his listeners.)

Antony: "You gentle Romans, -" (About as "gentle" as a gang of Bolsheviks in a revolutionary labor meeting.)

All: "Peace, ho! Let us hear him."

(Had Antony begun his speech by "knocking" Brutus, the history of Rome would have been different.)

Antony: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."

(Allying himself with what he knew to be the state of mind of his listeners.)

"The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones;

So let it be with Caesar.

The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious;

If it were so, it was a grievous fault; And grievously bath Caesar answered it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, - For Brutus is an honorable man;

So are they all, all honorable men - Come I to speak at Caesar's funeral.

He was my friend - faithful, and just to me;

But Brutus says he was ambitious;

CONGRATULATE yourself when you reach that degree of wisdom which prompts you to see less of the weaknesses of others and more of your own, for you will then be walking in the company of the really great.

And Brutus is an honorable man; He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?