“The scenes of his oratory were designed and set with enviable professional skill; the attention to detail was fanatical. [He] was the first to appreciate the power of amplification….
     “…He said…his object was to use ‘calm understanding’ to ‘whip up and incite the instinctive’. He always studied the acoustics in the halls where he spoke. He committed his speeches to an excellent memory (though he had very full notes too)…. He timed himself to arrive late, but not too late. In the early days he dealt brilliantly with hecklers [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnefSkKRzZQ] and used a lot of mordant humor. Later he aimed at the inspired prophet image, and severely reduced the specific political content in his speeches [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhXaE_XL_8&feature=related] …. But his style was not that of a theologian so much as a revivalist….  One observer wrote…‘[He] never really makes a political speech, only philosophical ones.’   In fact he did not so much outline a program and make promises as demand a commitment. He saw politics as the mobilizing of wills. The listener surrendered his will to the leader, who restored it to him reinforced. As he put it: ‘The will, the longing and also the power of thousands are accumulated in every individual. The man who enters such a meeting doubting and wavering leaves it inwardly reinforced: he has become a link in the community’.”

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