But in the later oration there is a greater finish and smoothness.

We appreciate the fact that the Plymouth oration is a succession of eloquent fragments; the same is true of the Bunker Hill address, but we no longer realize it.

The continuity is, in appearance, unbroken, and the whole work is rounded and polished.

The style, too, is now perfected.

It is at once plain, direct, massive, and vivid.