Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice. (Thomas Bailey Aldrich)

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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