On the record
Each must so express and clothe his thought that it shall penetrate and take possession of the soul, and, having penetrated, must abide and stay.
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In this passage, Hoar discusses the need for an orator to deeply connect with their audience, ensuring their message remains impactful.
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The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
Perhaps, taking him all together, the most brilliant man in Harvard in my time was John Felton.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
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