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We often witness and perhaps are tempted to envy the applause which many public speakers get by buffoonery, by rough wit, by coarse personality, by appeal to the vulgar passions.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “We often witness and perhaps are tempted to envy the applause which many public speakers get by buffoonery, by rough…”
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Hoar critiques the tendency to favor entertaining public speakers over serious discourse.
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