facility of speech
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Ultimately, it seeks to explain the ages-old mystery of precisely how and why man developed the unique facility of speech as an expression of thought, which, more than any other activity, separates him from animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Madison had the brain of a statesman, energy and persistence in crises, immense industry, facility of speech, a broad contempt for the pretensions and mean bickerings of the States, and a fairly national outlook.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
He was not without that facility of speech which is acquired chiefly through "seeing life" and other countries.
From A Start in Life by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
Eloquence, or at least a certain facility of speech, is one of the gifts of the man of poise.
From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.
His usual facility of speech seemed to have deserted him.
From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
