Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1927 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"I Have Been a Slave Myself"
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The idea
The sentence asserts the authority of experience against argument conducted at a distance. Unit twelve called that ethos, the appeal from who the speaker is. Here the appeal is not a technique chosen among others; it is the only ground she has.
In practice
The authority of having been there.
Where people slip
Not a technique among others.
Your place on the trail
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