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...of the preacher of the gospel does not at all affect the general principle. The Grecian Orator " — whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce...democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece, To Macedon and Artaxerxes throne" — addressed men of like capabilities and passions with those who...

...teachers best Of moral wisdom, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they teach Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing !" These last two lines how pregnant ! They involve the whole Philosophy of the Grecian stage. What...

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...teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate and chance, and change in human life, High actions, and high passions best describing: The first of these assertions will probably be admitted, — that eloquence has frequently been presented...

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