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No poem today. Instead, a funky piece of writing on St Paul's visit to the hill, and the oration he made there.

https://irinasart.ca/2023/05/12/paul-on-areopagus/

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Paul on Areopagus

Paul’s Speech on the Areopagus, delivered in Athens, is a dramatic tour de force of the New Testament. With remarkable fluency, Paul thinks on his feet and weaves together his knowledge of philosop…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 4, 2025

A quotation from Kit Marlowe

TAMBURLAINE: Then shall we fight courageously with them?
   Or look you I should play the orator?
TECHELLES: No; cowards and faint-hearted runaways
   Look for orations when the foe is near:
   Our swords shall play the orators for us.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1, Act 1, sc. 2 (1586-1587)

More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…

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WIST Quotations moves again!Dec 3, 2024

A quotation from Smith, Sydney:

«
To this cause of the unpopularity of sermons may be added the extremely ungraceful manner in which they are delivered. The English, generally remarkable for doing very good things in a very bad manner, seem to have reserved the maturity and plenitude of their awkwardness for the pulpit.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/smith-sydney/73206/

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WIST Quotations moves again!Oct 2, 2024

A quotation from Roosevelt, Franklin Delano:

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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/3325/

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(Attributed) - Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | WIST Quotations Quotations

Be sincere; be brief; be seated. FDR's son, James, attributed this to his father, and it has frequently since been credited to him (with varying punctuation). The other day James Roosevelt opened a talk he made at Hollywood by saying: “My father gave me these hints on speechmaking. Be sincere…

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