... we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? .... Shall we be gather strength by irresolution and inaction?" (Henry 170). With these logical ideas and tough questions, Henry made it difficult to find fault with his arguments, and persuaded many people. An additional technique employed by Henry was the use of bold comparisons such as the rule of England over ... the colonies to the horrible conditions of slavery: "There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanging may be heard on the plains of Boston" (Henry 171). His comparisons told ...

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