True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man,... Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Página 44por Daniel Webster - 1835Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...have disappeared. As Daniel Webster knew, "true eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech . . . Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way,...in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion." 75 The configuration of law and letters recreates just this context by explaining the relation of speaker,... | |
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