Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue. (Sinclair Lewis)

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

Sinclair Lewis

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