But in freshness of thought and kaleidoscopic phraseology, they were attractive, full of eloquence, and of statesmanlike comment, lifting the campaign, then just opening, upon a high plane of political and moral patriotism.
He praises the freshness and eloquence of certain campaign speeches, which elevated the political discourse to a higher moral standard.
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