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believe that ( 1 ) there is but one way to use a word — his — and ( 2 ) the speaker is doing with his words what the listener would were the listener doing the talking . Can you see these beliefs at work in the examples given above ?
believe that ( 1 ) there is but one way to use a word — his — and ( 2 ) the speaker is doing with his words what the listener would were the listener doing the talking . Can you see these beliefs at work in the examples given above ?
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One way of arousing fear is to argue that others greater than the listener have suffered . ... at the same time , he is careful not to arouse so much fear as to create in his listeners the feeling that there is no hope of deliverance .
One way of arousing fear is to argue that others greater than the listener have suffered . ... at the same time , he is careful not to arouse so much fear as to create in his listeners the feeling that there is no hope of deliverance .
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Are these not attempts to influence the listener in the fringes of his consciousness ? ... he seeks to avoid being blocked by their prejudices , he is in no wise attempting to circumscribe the listeners ' freedom of choice .
Are these not attempts to influence the listener in the fringes of his consciousness ? ... he seeks to avoid being blocked by their prejudices , he is in no wise attempting to circumscribe the listeners ' freedom of choice .
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