Samuel Butler: We are not won by arguments that we can analyse, but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse, but by tone and temper, by the — Samuel Butler

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse, but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

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