He gathered up the fundamental principles underlying the complicated topics of political economy, stated them with such clearness and simplicity, as not only to bring them within the comprehension of, but to make them attractive to the ordinary understanding.
Jacobs praises a speaker's skill in simplifying complex economic principles for the public.
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Every act of legislation ought by clear and accurate provisions cover every element of the subject matter stated in the title.
Fixed religious opinions in the minds of others, especially of the old, I regard as sacred.
He spoke in eloquent terms of the sacred walls within which poets, philosophers, statesmen, lawyers, great divines and warriors, if not born, received their inspiration and were qualified for their grand missions.
This is particularly true of speeches founded on a dreary array of facts and statistics.
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