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For one thing, the speeches were rallying battle-cries, not sermons, and everybody knew the great invisible antagonist with whom the orator before them was with all his might contending.
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Morley describes the nature of impactful speeches as rallying cries rather than mere sermons, emphasizing their motivational power.
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