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The News-Banner of Troy, Tennessee published in its issue of January 2, the estimate that an Associate Reformed Presbyterian places on Freed and Pigue as debaters:
The people were intensely interested; and the beautiful Methodist Church was crowded to its utmost capacity. The order was excellent, both speakers were shown the utmost respect and courtesy. Freed was weary and tired-looking; his voice was somewhat strained; and it was apparent at a glance that he has not the physical vitality that Pigue possesses.
Pigue was fresh as a newly-plucked daisy, physically and mentally. Freed possesses the better-disciplined mind as understood in the schools. He argues as fights the battalion that has been sedulously trained in the strictest military school. His tactics are all according to set rules. Pigue is a catapult. He cares nothing for rules or formulas. He is among debaters what Forrest was among soldiers; you cannot tell when, where, or how he will strike. He did not try very hard to storm Freed's fortress, for we suspect it was impregnable even from the Pigue point of view; but Pigue did not do a thing but get up in a big balloon and drop explosives into the Freed fort. Every time a big shell would drop and, screaming and hurtling, go 'smash', 'crash', 'boom' there would be a hole in the fort. Freed would say, "it does not count because it is not according to rule."
Freed is like a stone wall and fights by logic and mathematics. He looks like an aristocrat - pale, scholarly, cultured, refined, and every inch a born orator. Pigue looks like a scrub Irishman. He shows all the splendid mental activity, resourcefulness, and acrobativeness that have been the Celtic boast for 2,000 years. The valor, desperation, and hardihood with which he charges are truly admirable. Freed and Pigue are well matched. It is astonishing how much they know about the Bible.
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A. G. Freed (Henderson, Tennessee) vs Pigue (Methodist)
January 15, 1903
Hornbeak, Tennessee
(By Unknown)
January 15, 1903
Hornbeak, Tennessee
(By Unknown)
The News-Banner of Troy, Tennessee published in its issue of January 2, the estimate that an Associate Reformed Presbyterian places on Freed and Pigue as debaters:
The people were intensely interested; and the beautiful Methodist Church was crowded to its utmost capacity. The order was excellent, both speakers were shown the utmost respect and courtesy. Freed was weary and tired-looking; his voice was somewhat strained; and it was apparent at a glance that he has not the physical vitality that Pigue possesses.
Pigue was fresh as a newly-plucked daisy, physically and mentally. Freed possesses the better-disciplined mind as understood in the schools. He argues as fights the battalion that has been sedulously trained in the strictest military school. His tactics are all according to set rules. Pigue is a catapult. He cares nothing for rules or formulas. He is among debaters what Forrest was among soldiers; you cannot tell when, where, or how he will strike. He did not try very hard to storm Freed's fortress, for we suspect it was impregnable even from the Pigue point of view; but Pigue did not do a thing but get up in a big balloon and drop explosives into the Freed fort. Every time a big shell would drop and, screaming and hurtling, go 'smash', 'crash', 'boom' there would be a hole in the fort. Freed would say, "it does not count because it is not according to rule."
Freed is like a stone wall and fights by logic and mathematics. He looks like an aristocrat - pale, scholarly, cultured, refined, and every inch a born orator. Pigue looks like a scrub Irishman. He shows all the splendid mental activity, resourcefulness, and acrobativeness that have been the Celtic boast for 2,000 years. The valor, desperation, and hardihood with which he charges are truly admirable. Freed and Pigue are well matched. It is astonishing how much they know about the Bible.
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