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...power my will is good enough. You know how Shakespeare's Marc Antony addressed the populace of Rome: "I am no orator, as Brutus is, But as you know me...friend. And that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance,...

...Caesar's toga, and finally reveals the body, moving the crowd to a fury that he quickly controls: I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am...know me all) a plain blunt man That love my friend . . . For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech,...

...first appear. Chapter 3 'A Plain Blunt Man": Hobbes, Science, and Rhetoric Revisited David Burchell I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am...Brutus is; But (as you know me all) a plain blunt man ...' Introduction Quentin Skinner's 1996 work on Hobbes and rhetoric opened up a previously neglected...

...That made them do it; they are wise, and honorable, And will, no doabt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am...orator, as Brutus is; But as you know me all, a plain Want man, That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him...