Summing-up

There and then, have I often heard,[…], above all, (nam supereminet omnes) the calm, dignified, and elegant summings-up, of Lord Mansfield: delivered in “silver tones,” that / “Rose like a steam of rich distill’d perfumes, / And stole upon the air.” / which were heard with a silence “still as death;” and never failed to fascinate, though they might not always convince.

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“[…] And now, having convinced you all to my way of thinking, I will leave the case in the hands of our wise and competent judge.” / “Wait,” said Uncle Charley; “I believe the captains are usually allowed a sort of summing-up speech, are they not?” / “They are in this case, anyway,” said Patty. “Mr. Elliott will please go ahead with his summing-up.”

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The film’s complexity arises from the narrators’ conflicting judgments, their summing-ups of Kane.

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I will not attempt to sum up their summing-ups, but will nevertheless hazard certain conclusions - necessarily of a somewhat subjective nature.

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