Indeed, the order of thoughts may be as important as the thoughts themselves. Each of the thoughts of this speech comes out more sharply because of the thought next to it, because of its connection. And the whole speech seems not so much like thought added to thought as like thought multiplied by thought. So the best speeches have an order that increases their force as they go on. IV. Bringing Home The outline above shows how the Mars’ Hill speech went on, not how it went home. No mere summary of
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