William Cullen Bryant Quote

By eloquence I do not mean mere persuasiveness... by eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as they are uttered. Eloquence is the poetry of prose.


Prose Writing of William Cullen Bryant: Essays, Tales, and Orations (1884)


By eloquence I do not mean mere persuasiveness... by eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as...

By eloquence I do not mean mere persuasiveness... by eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as...

By eloquence I do not mean mere persuasiveness... by eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as...

By eloquence I do not mean mere persuasiveness... by eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as...