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  1. Feb 2017
    1. It is then only that the orator can be said to fight with weapons which are at once sharp, mas-sive, and refulgent, which, like heaven's artillery, dazzle while they strike, which overpower the sight and the heart at the same instant.

      So weak orators who fuse the lofty with the vehement become much stronger…

      (Although, probably not much of a cheap trick).