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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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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.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar discusses the powerful effect of collective emotion in a large audience during a speech.

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