There were no convenient devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators delivered long speeches with great accuracy because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems.

当时还没有方便的记笔记的工具，早期的希腊演说家演讲很长很准确，因为他们是通过记忆系统来学习演讲的。

(Laughter.) There are great orators that have come along in the world history who have been charlatans.

(笑声)在世界历史上有一些享有盛名的演说家其实是江湖骗子。

Beccaria was even of opinion that all men might be poets and orators, and Reynolds that they might be painters and sculptors.

拜克雷亚甚至认为所有人都可能成为诗人和演说家，雷诺兹则认为所有的人都可能成为画家和雕塑家。