doing so, either mentioning them in the order of their birth or in the order in which you esteem them; as,
Oratory, in all essential particulars, is the same today as it was in the times of Pericles, Demosthenes, and Cicero. True, the style of delivery as pertains both to voice and action, has been modified or affected by outside influences, but in its material qualities it has not changed.
—Lawrence.
Here the orators are mentioned according to the era in which they flourished. If the author cited them in accordance with his estimation of their known qualities as orators, he would say: "Oratory flourished in the persons of Pericles, Cicero, and Demosthenes." Thus, you see, even in the arrangement of sequences, thought is the all-important element with which we have to deal, and unless we lay hold of the thought no outside aids will ever enable us to obtain good memories.
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