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His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
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This quote highlights the powerful impact of a speaker's words on a large audience.
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He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
He set the custom of dictating bills in chancery to an amanuensis, doing it with such accuracy that a word had seldom to be changed.
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
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