Citations de Elmer Gantry
“ELMER GANTRY was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.”
Chapter IEn anglais “He never said anything important, and he always said it sonorously. He could make “Good morning” seem profound as Kant, welcoming as a brass band, and uplifting as a cathedral organ.”
Chapter IEn anglais “He was supposed to be the most popular man in college; every one believed that every one else adored him; and none of them wanted to be with him.”
Chapter IIIEn anglais “His only formal education had been in country schools; and of all books save the Bible, revivalistic hymnals, a concordance handy for finding sermon-texts, and a manual of poultry-keeping, he was soundly ignorant.”
Chapter IEn anglais “In ten minutes she had them all crying, all aching to dash out and bring in souls and dollars.”
Chapter IEn anglais “The gospel crew could never consider their converts as human beings, like waiters or manicurists or brakemen, but they had in them such a professional interest as surgeons take in patients, critics in an author, fishermen in trout.”
Chapter VEn anglais “Voice, sureness, presence, training, power, he had them all. Never had he so well liked his rôle; never had he acted so well; never had he known such sincerity of histrionic instinct.”
Chapter IIEn anglais “But he did begin to write advertisements for his weekly services—the inception of that salesmanship of salvation which was to make him known and respected in every advertising club and forward-looking church in the country.”
Chapter VIEn anglais “It touched him to see the people kneeling at any hour. He had never known a church to which the plain people came for prayer. Despite its dusky magnificence, they seemed to find in the church their home.”
Chapter VIIIEn anglais “Well, of course, being a preacher, I’m not a big husky athalete like you boys, so all I can stand is just a ginger ale.”
Chapter VIIIEn anglais
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