WHO MAKETH THE DUMB A FLUENT SPEAKER - HIS NAME BE PRAISED

I addressed the assembly as "Sisters and Brothers of America", a deafening applause of two minutes followed, and then I proceeded; and when it was finished, I sat down, almost exhausted with emotion. The next day all the papers announced that my speech was the hit of the day, and I became known to the whole of America. Truly has it been said by the great commentator Shridhara—


"मूकं करोति वाचालं —Who maketh the dumb a fluent speaker." His name be praised!

- Swami Vivekananda
Chicago, 2nd November, 1893