cover the whole of the ground with the same adequacy; but so concentrates all
his forces upon certain points as to be irresistible, and thus 'with thunder and
lightning confounds'[14] the orators who oppose him. It is no wonder that some
of the greatest of English orators, and notably of those of the eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries, borrow from him not only words and phrases, but
inspiration and confidence in their cause, and look upon him as a model whom
they may emulate, but cannot excel.


FOOTNOTES

[1] See Introduction to First Philippic.

[2] See notes on Speech for the Megalopolitans.

[3] See note on Speech on the Crown, Sec. 140.

[4] See Speech on the Crown, Sec.Sec. 170 ff.

[5] See Zimmern, _The Greek Commonwealth_, pp. 159 ff., for an excellent short
account of the constitution and functions of the Council. That the councillors
themselves sat (for administrative purposes) in relays, changing ten times a
year, was also against continuity.

[6] See Speech on Embassy, Sec. 2 n.

[7] See Introduction to Speech on Naval Boards, and Philippic I, Sec.Sec. 36, 37.

[8] See Zimmern, _The Greek Commonwealth_, p. 205.