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It is true that despite occasional gleams of churchillian eloquence he [gen. douglas macarthur] usually spoke poorly. he was far more effective in conversations a deux. but those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.
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It Is True That Despite Occasional Gleams

William Manchester
It is true that despite occasional gleams of churchillian eloquence he [gen. douglas macarthur] usually spoke poorly. he was far more effective in conversations a deux. but those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.
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