...conviction. True t'louueiiro, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from tlir. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases maybe marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it It must exist in the man. in the subject,...

...conviction. 2. 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...man, — in the subject, — and in the occasion. 3. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it: they cannot...

...necessary in all cases for eloquence. Webster has stated a philosophical truth in saying that " eloquence must exist in the man, in the subject and in the occasion. "\ Had he been expressly treating the point, he would probably have added, that of the three, " the...

...conviction. 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...Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but'they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected...

...without regard to this essential element in all oratory. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic; the high purpose; the firm resolve ; the...

...without regard to this essential element in all oratory. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic ; the high purpose ; the firm resolve ; the...

...without regard to this essential element in all oratory. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic ; the high purpose ; the firm resolve ; the...

...without regard to this essential element in all oratory. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic ; the high purpose ; the firm resolve ; the...

...harmony with "Webster's wellknown declaration, that true eloquence cannot be brought from far ; that it must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Sheridan said, " he liked to go and hear Rowland Hill, because his ideas came red-hot from his heart."...

...conviction. 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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire to it ; they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from...