"After you return home, some of you will send me postcards. If you don't send it to me, I'll send you one. You can tell at a glance that it's from me because there is no stamp on it. But I'll write something on it.
"Spring, summer, autumn and winter, everything happens for a reason."
"But one thing is always as fresh as morning dew, and that is my eternal love and affection for you."
This short poem is very suitable for Mr. Harry Lauder's identity and personality, and of course it can also match the momentum of his speech. So, this ending suits him very well.
If a Rotarian who has always been serious and reserved applies it to the end of a serious speech, it is not only a bit abrupt, but even ridiculous.
It is almost impossible to cite general rules that can be applied in all situations. Because, in most cases, it depends on the topic, time, place and the identity of the speaker. As Sao Paulo said, "everyone must try to save himself."
At the farewell party of a full-time employee in new york, more than a dozen speakers gave speeches on stage respectively, praising their friend who was about to leave and wishing him success in his new job in the future. Although many people gave speeches on the stage, only one person ended his speech in an unforgettable way. He also ended with a short poem. The speaker turned to the departing VIP and said to him emotionally, "Goodbye and good luck.
Wish you all the best.
I sincerely wish, like an oriental, that my peace and tranquility will always be with you.
Wherever you go, may my beautiful palm grow sturdily.
I work hard during the day and rest at night. May my love bless you.
I sincerely wish, like an oriental, that my peace and tranquility will always be with you. "
Mr. Albert is the vice president of the Rudd Motor Company in Brooklyn. He once gave a speech on "loyalty and cooperation" to employees of his company. He ended his speech with a melodious short poem from Kipling's Poem of the Second Jungle.
"This is the law of the jungle-as old and correct as the blue sky; A wolf who obeys this rule will have children, and a wolf who breaks this rule will die.
"Like vines wrapped around tree trunks, this rule is everywhere-because the strength of unity is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is unity."