HOW TO BEHAVE AT CONVENTIONS
A CONVENTION, Oswald, is a body of preachers entirely surrendered to gab. You must make it a point to attend conventions, otherwise you will be a back number, having missed all the oratory, the scheming, and the wire pulling common to these meetings.
The most important thing for you to remember is that you must make [...]
You may try to persuade yourself that this is an ordinary book — in order that you may find comfort in the persuasion - but you cannot do so and be fair to facts.