Substance and Show, and Other Lectures (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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As a result of this original felicity of nature, his eloquence was as persuasive as it was inspiring and instructive. It had that subtle element of influence which can only come from a humane disposition, underlying thought and style, and Vitalizing both. What King said was excellent; but the spirit in which he said it was felt by per sons ofallgrades of culture as a precious some thing which abolished all distinctions of social clanship, and, for the time, bound them together in the kinship of a common humanity. In short, his eloquence had that nameless charm which made it universally aflmdz'w. It will be observed, by the reader of the present volume, that this per sonal attractiveness was accompanied by knowl edge, thought, wit, humor, fancy, and imagination that every faculty of the lecturer's mind and every feeling of his heart was engaged in the task of fastening the attention of his hearers to the sub ject he discussed; but still, even in the reading, we feel that the great beauty of the performance streaming through all the minor beauties of detail, is the beautiful character of Starr King uncon sciously impressed upon it.

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