...assembly. Patrick Henry, being asked, on his return home, whom he considered the greatest man in Congress, replied : " If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." How thoroughly and zealously he participated in the feelings which actuated Congress in this memorable...

...orator, had returned home, on being asked who was the greatest man in the assembly, his answer was, " If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." And, a few months afterwards, when Congress — despairing of a peaceable recovery of colonial rights...

...in Congress, replied—" If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina is unquestionably the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." With such a reputation one can imagine what profound silence fell on the House when he rose to speak,...

...assembly. Patrick Henry, being asked, on his return home, whom he considered the greatest man in Congress, replied : " If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." How thoroughly and zealously he participated in the feelings which actuated Congress in this memorable...

...eloquence," he said, " Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if yon speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." And we may be permitted to add, that if we judge the quality of oratory by its effects, Patrick Henry...

...there sat many who were superior to him in learning and eloquence ; but " if," said Patrick Henry, "you speak of solid information and sound judgment,...Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man upon that floor." Thus did that wonderful balance of mind — so great that in his whole career it...

...equal to your valour ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I* possess." He afterwards acquired the power of expressing himself without embarrassment,...possess few attractions in a rhetorical point of view, although grave, dignified, replete with thought and knowledge, and admirably adapted both to the subject-matter...

...other things, whom he thought the greatest man in Congress. " If you speak of eloquence," said Henry, " Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest...Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor." On the 20th of March, 1775, a convention of Virginia delegates (the second) assembled at...

...Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid informaticn and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is, unquestionably, the greatest man on that floor." Such was the penetration which, at that early period of Mr. Washington's life, could pierce through...

...whom he considered the greatest man, in Congress, replied: "If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Eutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator;...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." The Congress remained in session fifty-one days. Every subject, according to Adams, was discussed "...