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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8921
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory, he answered, “Action;” and which was the second, he replied, “Action;” and which was the third, he still answered, “Action.”
ATTRIBUTION:Lives of the Ten Orators.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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