What are the most beautiful pieces of writing qua writing that you know?
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I love parts of Churchill. But I also feel as though he allows himself the cliche a little too often. It becomes a mix of the sublime and the cliche.
This seems to be a common problem with political speeches, e.g. JFK. Not so true of Lincoln, AFAIK.
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Yes, I don’t like JFK’s speeches Formulaic with a hint of the frat boy Churchill was a great self-fantasiser – probably necessary in a great orator But we can hear clichés because their quality at the time MADE them clichés The quote I sent isn’t cliched
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