"Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where……" — Jean de la Bruyere
"Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place."
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Jean de la Bruyere
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