CHAPTER IX.
DEAD IN EARNEST.
It is the live coal that kindles others, not the dead.

What made Demosthenes the greatest of all orators was that he appeared the most entirely possessed by the feelings he wished to inspire.

The effect produced by Charles Fox, who by the exaggerations of party spirit, was often compared to Demosthenes, seems to have arisen wholly from this earnestness, which made up for the want of almost every grace, both of manner and style.
-- ANON.
Twelve poor men taken out of boats and creeks, without any help of learning, should conquer the world to the cross.
-- STEPHEN CARNOCK.
For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every art.
-- LONGFELLOW.
He did it with all his heart and prospered.
-- II.

CHRONICLES.
The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle.

Words, money, all things else are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.
-- LOWELL.
"The emotions," says Whipple, "may all be included in the single word 'enthusiasm,' or that impulsive force which liberates the mental power from the ice of timidity as spring loosens the streams from the grasp of winter, and sends them forth in a rejoicing rush.