Question

I had read of Addison that he began his maiden speech in the House of Commons, repeating 1 conceive'
three times, and when he could proceed no further, a wag stood up and said, "The gentleman conceived
thrice but brought forth nothing. I had thought of making a humorous speech taking this anecdote as the
text I therefore began with it and stuck there. My memory entirely failed me and in attempting a humorous
speech I made myself ridiculous. I thank you, gentlemen, for having kindly responded to my invitation',
said abruptly, and sat down
It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was
impossible for me to speak 'impromptu'. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided
making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a
meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.
I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been
disadvantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. My hesitancy
in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure. Its greatest benefit has been that it has taught
me the economy of words. I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. And I can now give
myself the certificate that a thoughtless word hardly ever escapes my tongue or pen. I do not recollect ever
having had to regret anything in my speech or writing. I have thus been spared many a mishap and waste of
time. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness
xaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man, and
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

what was common between the author and addison