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Orange Jacobs: “There was a logical force and point to his clear sentences that tended to his conclusions with the directness and…”

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There was a logical force and point to his clear sentences that tended to his conclusions with the directness and certainty with which the successive steps in a mathematical demonstration point to the grand result.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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This quote emphasizes the logical precision in the individual's arguments, akin to a mathematical proof.

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