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Updated: May 6, 2025

But never let him run the risk of spoiling a whole paragraph in trying to make a place for them. Many distinguished speakers are said to do more than this, to write out with care and repeat from memory their more important and persuasive parts; like the de bene esse's of Curran, and the splendid passages of many others.

Henry Ware - Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching