Campaign Rhetoric: Lessons from Antiquity (“The More Things Change … “)

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Campaign Rhetoric: Lessons from Antiquity (“The More Things Change … “)
      

The slightly archaic language of the following passage will tip the attentive reader to the fact that it is not a contemporary speech, but try to look past that and see if it reminds you at all of some present-day discussion.  And try this: for “orator” read instead “politician,” and for “ingenious critics” substitute “newspaper columnists” or, if your prefer, “bloggers.”  

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