For if a good speaker — an eloquent speaker — is not speaking the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Speech (1866-04-02), “On the Choice of Books,” Inaugural Address as Lord Rector, University
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Carlyle, Thomas - Speech (1866-04-02), "On the Choice of Books," Inaugural Address as Lord Rector, University of Edinburgh | WIST Quotations
For if a good speaker -- an eloquent speaker -- is not speaking the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Often rendered: "Can there be a more horrible object in existence than an eloquent man not speaking the truth?" Regarding or…WIST Quotations
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