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utterer will think the other person an idiot, while the other person will think the utterer an inarticulate fool. Thus, being articulate not only has a logical definition, but is one of those things which must be deployed as an art. I was not very good at this art during my childhood and college years. But I got quite good at it during my Army years, and during the twelve years I worked at the United Nations. The "art" of articulateness therefore consists of uttering in ways which others can understand or at least grasp at. Articulateness within psychical research and parapsychology thus depends on whether someone can, with precision and depth, talk in the communal terms of those two fields -and, I suppose, can otherwise express themselves in clear and concise ways regarding affiliated matters. Schmeidler had thus extended to me a very great compliment -- something of which meant that I could speak parapsychologese. Zelda was also at the McCann gathering, and thereafter said that I’d be impossible to live with now that the eminent Gertrude Schmeidler had extended this very flattering compliment. And, yes! I may as well admit that my ego did pump up. I have perhaps over-emphasized this articulateness thing, and it may seem merely egocentric to have done so. But it was to play a very important role in the years ahead when