http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/a-victory-for-eloquence/ English Translation from German, Spanish and Catalan; English Editing and Writing Sat, 19 May 2012 23:18:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/a-victory-for-eloquence/#comment-612 Casey Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:00:19 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=102#comment-612 Glad to hear it! Glad to hear it!

]]> http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/a-victory-for-eloquence/#comment-611 harry gleason Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:03:22 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=102#comment-611 I'm a 90-year old admirer of all things good English uasage. March 4th as National Grammar Day warms my inards. I’m a 90-year old admirer of all things good English uasage. March 4th as National Grammar Day warms my inards.

]]> http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/a-victory-for-eloquence/#comment-596 Belletra » Watchwords for 2009: SWAN Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:39:58 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=102#comment-596 [...] you thought that Obama post was my swan song, think again. I’ll be diving back in (a swan dive?) this year with new posts [...] […] you thought that Obama post was my swan song, think again. I’ll be diving back in (a swan dive?) this year with new posts […]

]]> http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/a-victory-for-eloquence/#comment-554 K. Moss Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:07 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=102#comment-554 I was in grade school and a teenager during most of the Civil Rights Movement. I grew up being told that anyone in the country could grow up to be president, but until yesterday never saw that promise fulfilled. And to have a president who can actually speak English without mangling the language is a double gift from the gods of politics and, as our editor says, eloquence. When we were discussing his speaking style on here months ago, I didn't dare believe we would ever see Mr. Obama get here. Dare to believe, dare to believe. As Robert kennedy (channeling Camus) said, "Some men see things as they are and ask `why.' I dream things that never were and ask, `why not?' I was in grade school and a teenager during most of the Civil Rights Movement. I grew up being told that anyone in the country could grow up to be president, but until yesterday never saw that promise fulfilled. And to have a president who can actually speak English without mangling the language is a double gift from the gods of politics and, as our editor says, eloquence. When we were discussing his speaking style on here months ago, I didn’t dare believe we would ever see Mr. Obama get here. Dare to believe, dare to believe. As Robert kennedy (channeling Camus) said, “Some men see things as they are and ask `why.’ I dream things that never were and ask, `why not?’

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