Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 427
... means that the two indispensable requisites of speaking are , first , to have something to say , and , sec- ond , to say it as though you mean it.
... means that the two indispensable requisites of speaking are , first , to have something to say , and , sec- ond , to say it as though you mean it.
Page 428
... mean it . Of course , one cannot have something really to say - a lesson to teach , a message to deliver - every fifteen minutes . Very well , then ; until one does have something to say , let one hold one's peace . Carlyle's idea is ...
... mean it . Of course , one cannot have something really to say - a lesson to teach , a message to deliver - every fifteen minutes . Very well , then ; until one does have something to say , let one hold one's peace . Carlyle's idea is ...
Page 429
... mean the speech that affects the convictions and understandings of men . I am exclud- ing now that form of speech which is merely a species of entertainment . It belongs to the same class , though of a higher order , as the theatrical ...
... mean the speech that affects the convictions and understandings of men . I am exclud- ing now that form of speech which is merely a species of entertainment . It belongs to the same class , though of a higher order , as the theatrical ...
Page 437
... mean that he shall be good ( one may be good and not religious , or the reverse , as any professor of mental and moral philosophy will tell you ) ; but that he shall have in him that mysticism , that elemental and instinctive conviction ...
... mean that he shall be good ( one may be good and not religious , or the reverse , as any professor of mental and moral philosophy will tell you ) ; but that he shall have in him that mysticism , that elemental and instinctive conviction ...
Page 449
... means a steamship , held the whole French coast in terror against the French navy . And so it has been done by other nations . Let us have a little patience , and possess our souls with a little patriotism and less politics , and we ...
... means a steamship , held the whole French coast in terror against the French navy . And so it has been done by other nations . Let us have a little patience , and possess our souls with a little patriotism and less politics , and we ...
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