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Effects like these, not purple passages, not epigrams nor aphorisms, are the test of oratory.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “Effects like these, not purple passages, not epigrams nor aphorisms, are the test of oratory.”
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Morley asserts that the true measure of effective oratory lies in its tangible effects rather than in memorable phrases.
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