Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page ix
... eloquence and humor , found the platform a vantage ground of great importance for the teaching of new ideas or the reform of existing condi- tions . Theodore Parker , " the deputy - sheriff of ideas , " impressed his strenuous ...
... eloquence and humor , found the platform a vantage ground of great importance for the teaching of new ideas or the reform of existing condi- tions . Theodore Parker , " the deputy - sheriff of ideas , " impressed his strenuous ...
Page xxiv
... eloquence . Bossuet was its earliest exemplar as the greatest preacher of his age . Born with natural gifts of speech , he won applause as a youth from courtly audiences without los- ing his head . He employed every means to cultivate ...
... eloquence . Bossuet was its earliest exemplar as the greatest preacher of his age . Born with natural gifts of speech , he won applause as a youth from courtly audiences without los- ing his head . He employed every means to cultivate ...
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... eloquence would have been more notable if it had not been surpassed by their states- manship . When the Congress of the new nation came to be the arena of deliberative oratory , voices old and new were heard . Of the new , Henry Clay's ...
... eloquence would have been more notable if it had not been surpassed by their states- manship . When the Congress of the new nation came to be the arena of deliberative oratory , voices old and new were heard . Of the new , Henry Clay's ...
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