spirit. There was no sentence of Martineaus sermonsthat was not carefully balanced and considered, andyet even the most complex passages of philosophicthought were illumined and sustained by the senseof a passionate love for the truth he was seeking toexpound. In every sentence the white light… … JOHN BRIGHT Ktncry Walker From the painting by WAI.TKR WILLIAM OULESS, R.A.,in the National Portrait Gallery. To face fiage 169. ORATORS 169 preacher than a seer; and although he never strovefor rhetorical display, even the most logical exposi-tion as it fell from his lips was charged with…
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