It is what brother says to brother, husband to wife, parent to child, friend to friend, far more than what preacher says to hearer, that carries in it irresistible persuasive power.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
The mild notes of the accompaniment with the right hand-how like entreating human voices they sounded-a chord of self-respect, of love of home, of duty, in all their persuasive changes, urging the enraged baritone air to be reasonable, and return to the pacific state which it had honored so long; but the baritone air continued to threaten to break over all restraint, and become as wild and fierce as it sounded.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Thinking is an enemy to their persuasive arguments.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter