Characteristics of impressive discourse:

√ His clearness and down-right simplicity

√ Fertility in illustrations (verbal)

√ Keen analysis and suggestion of difficulties

√ Power of disentangling a complicated proposition

√ Resolving it in elements so plain as to reach the most common minds.

Justice Story on Daniel Webster’s (shown above) method

The Typographic Mind
p. 57
Amusing Ourselves To Death.

George Orwell | Aldous Huxley