ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography. (Ambrose Bierce)

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

Ambrose Bierce

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