Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.

They've worked out elaborate charts classifying all intellectual occupations and interests, with the methods and materials and tools, and especially the goals-…

He was born to be a senator. He never said anything important, and he always said it sonorously.

He is the only real revolutionary, the authentic scientist, because he alone knows how liddle he knows. He must be heartless. He lives in a cold, clear light. …