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A Case of Eloquence Wang Meng A doctor once told me about one of his outpatients who suffered from the disease of eloquence: Please sit down, the doctor told him. Why should I? the patient asked. Are you going to deprive me of my right not to sit down? The doctor could say nothing but offered him a glass of water. Have some water then.” The patient retorted, “This is lop-sided talk, so it is absurd. Not all water is drinkable. If you put same potassium cyanide in it, it will be undrinkable. The doctor said, 1 didnt put any poison in it. Please rest assured. Who said you put poison in it? Do