The rhetorical drapery that gave Samuel Young such signal success found no place in Spencer's arguments or in his pamphlets; but to a logic that deeply penetrated his subject he added an ethical interest which captivated the mind, as his reasoning illuminated and made plain.
This contrasts the rhetorical style of two figures, emphasizing the logical and ethical appeal of one over the other.
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If Joel Weed lived as a beggar, Thurlow thought as a king.
Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
No, Sirs! we know very little of the art of war, and General Scott a great deal.
He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
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