All 4 Uses of
eloquent
in
Resistance to Civil Government
- If any think that their influence would be lost there, and their voices no longer afflict the ear of the State, that they would not be as an enemy within its walls, they do not know by how much truth is stronger than error, nor how much more eloquently and effectively he can combat injustice who has experienced a little in his own person.†
eloquently = with powerful use of language
- Yet, compared with the cheap professions of most reformers, and the still cheaper wisdom and eloquence of politicians in general, his are almost the only sensible and valuable words, and we thank Heaven for him.†
eloquence = powerful use of language
- There are orators, politicians, and eloquent men, by the thousand; but the speaker has not yet opened his mouth to speak who is capable of settling the much-vexed questions of the day.†
- We love eloquence for its own sake, and not for any truth which it may utter, or any heroism it may inspire.
*eloquence = powerful use of language