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  • ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

    Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.170, e-artnow