"One of our statesmen said, "The curse..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of our statesmen said, "The curse of this country is eloquent men."
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“Luckily for us, now that steam has narrowed the Atlantic to a strait, the nervous, rocky West is intruding a new and continental element into the national mind, as we shall yet have an American genius.”
“Life is a festival only to the wise. Seen from the nook and chimneyside of prudence, it wears a ragged and dangerous front.”
“Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.”
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More on Eloquence
“Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music. This is an advantage itinerant preachers have over those who are stationary, as the latter can not well improve their delivery of a sermon by so many rehearsals.”
“Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.”
“I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.”