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y that moves people. In these speeches is a clear demonstration of the power of language. Language is more than words and more than delivery. Indeed, Cicero, in De Oratore, said that rhetoric conveys information, persuades listeners, and evokes emotion. “In the beginning was the word....” If “the word m