Tearing Modes

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“The mind enters itself, and God the mind,
And one is One, free in the tearing wind.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character of the speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.”
—Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)