But, lucid arrangement; well selected words; arguments that penetrate to the marrow; facts new and old, clearly presented and felicitously applied; illustrations that shed light without bewildering; an occasional apothegmatic expression, embodying the whole subject in a phrase that enslaves the memory; earnestness and sincerity which first enlist sympathy and soon beget conviction-these are the elements of his power as a public speaker.
"Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland"
Henry B. Stanton