the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Demosthenes : [unknown]

'In Greek we have begun Demosthenes. Of course oratory is not a sort of literature that I appreciate or understand in any language, so that I am hardly qualified to express an opinion on our friend with the mouthful of pebbles. However, compared with Cicero, he strikes me as a man with something to say, intent only upon saying it clearly and shortly. One misses the beautiful roll of the Ciceronian period, but on the other hand, he is not such a - blether.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Clive Staples Lewis      Print: Book

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