Yes, my promise goes to that extent in its generosity;

A quotation from Demosthenes, Phil. 1, 44, 15.

but in the name of Friendship

More literally, Friendship’s patron; 7. ¢. Zeus.

do not disbelieve me, when I say that I shall show you that its attainment is at once easy and pleasant. Why should you? Hesiod was given a leaf or two from Helicon, and at once he became a poet instead of a shepherd and sang the pedigrees of gods and heroes under the inspiration of the Muses.

Theogony, 30-34. The Muses plucked a branch of laurel and gave it him as a staff of office (oxjrrpov).

Is it impossible, then, to become a public speaker —something far inferior to the grand style of poetry—in an instant, if one could find out the quickest way?