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There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Simplest
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Effects
Wealth
Amplification
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Fewest
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Rhetorical

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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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Ideas are forces our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.
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