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Excerpt from Oratory and Orators The French philosopher, d'alembert, goes so far as to say of eloquence, that the prodigies which it often works, in the hands of a single man, upon an entire nation, are perhaps the most shining testimony of the superiority of one man over another and Emerson expresses a simi lar opinion when he says that eloquence is the appro priate organ of the highest personal energy. As there is no effort of the human mind which demands a rarer combination of faculties than does oratory in its loftiest ights, so there is no human effort which is rewarded with more immediate or more dazzling triumphs. The philosopher in his closet, the statesman in his cabinet, the general in the tented field, may produce more lasting effects upon human affairs, but their in uence is both more slowly felt, and less intoxicating from the ascend ancy it confers. The orator is not compelled to wait through long and weary years to reap the reward of his labors. His triumphs are instantaneous; they follow his efforts as the thunder-peal follows the lightning's ash. While he is in the very act of forming his sentences, his triumph is re ected from the countenances of his hearers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."