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... truth . But how can one speak of truth in a field so incapable of scientific certitude as rhetoric ? We have no calipers or test tubes or mathe- matical formulas to help us . How can one be sure of the quality of a speech , or of its ...
... truth . But how can one speak of truth in a field so incapable of scientific certitude as rhetoric ? We have no calipers or test tubes or mathe- matical formulas to help us . How can one be sure of the quality of a speech , or of its ...
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... truth always fits . Truth is always congruous , and agrees with itself ; every truth in the universe agrees with every other truth in the universe ; whereas falsehoods not only disagree with truths , but usually quarrel among themselves ...
... truth always fits . Truth is always congruous , and agrees with itself ; every truth in the universe agrees with every other truth in the universe ; whereas falsehoods not only disagree with truths , but usually quarrel among themselves ...
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... truth , are still to be literally understood and received , what possible limit can we set to the belief of contradictions ? What shelter have we from the wildest fanaticism , which can always quote passages , that , in their literal ...
... truth , are still to be literally understood and received , what possible limit can we set to the belief of contradictions ? What shelter have we from the wildest fanaticism , which can always quote passages , that , in their literal ...
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The Study of Speeches | 1 |
WENDELL PHILLIPS PAGE | 9 |
Lincolns First Inaugural | 21 |
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