On the record
To this charm of manner were added a singularly attractive presence, a pleasing voice, and the oratorical gifts that won him recognition even before he left Yale College.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He describes the qualities that made a certain individual an attractive public figure.
Share
More from De Alexander
His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
Indeed, he went a step farther in the way of irreconciliation, preferring Hoffman and Tammany, he said, to "the reckless, red-radicalism which rules the present Congress....
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
The evident purpose of the United States Bank was to create, if possible, the fear of a panic.
Other voices in this conversation
