He lacks that marvellous influence by which in a great assembly the emotion of every individual soul is multiplied by the emotion of every other.
George F. Hoar: “He lacks that marvellous influence by which in a great assembly the emotion of every individual soul is multiplied by…”
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Hoar discusses the powerful effect of collective emotion in a large audience during a speech.
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