Modern Eloquence, Volume 15Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh University Society, 1903 |
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Page 1746
... truth , has learned his secret by pa- tient repetition and after many disappointments . Smiles . Universality of Oratory . - The matchless eloquence of ora- tory is applicable everywhere , in all classes of life ; the rich and the poor ...
... truth , has learned his secret by pa- tient repetition and after many disappointments . Smiles . Universality of Oratory . - The matchless eloquence of ora- tory is applicable everywhere , in all classes of life ; the rich and the poor ...
Page 1747
... Truth is the object of philosophy and history . Truth is the object even of those works which are peculiarly called works of fiction , but which , in fact , bear the same relation to history which algebra bears to arithmetic . The ...
... Truth is the object of philosophy and history . Truth is the object even of those works which are peculiarly called works of fiction , but which , in fact , bear the same relation to history which algebra bears to arithmetic . The ...
Page 1748
... truth ? Sterne . - Antithesis . Antithesis may be the blossom of wit , but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk , and truth the root . Colton . Falsehood in Wit . - I give you full credit for your elegant ...
... truth ? Sterne . - Antithesis . Antithesis may be the blossom of wit , but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk , and truth the root . Colton . Falsehood in Wit . - I give you full credit for your elegant ...
Page 1749
... Truth . Sincerity . How many faithful sentences are written now ? —that is , sentences dictated by a pure love of truth , without any wish , save that of expressing the truth fully and clearly— sentences in which there is neither a ...
... Truth . Sincerity . How many faithful sentences are written now ? —that is , sentences dictated by a pure love of truth , without any wish , save that of expressing the truth fully and clearly— sentences in which there is neither a ...
Page 1750
... Truth . ( It is Feeling and Speech . - Eloquence is speaking out - out of the abundance of the heart - the only source from which truth can flow in a passionate , persuasive torrent . Nothing can be juster than Quintilian's remark ( X ...
... Truth . ( It is Feeling and Speech . - Eloquence is speaking out - out of the abundance of the heart - the only source from which truth can flow in a passionate , persuasive torrent . Nothing can be juster than Quintilian's remark ( X ...
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