A better basis than speaking for the metaphor of voice in writing is singing.
In "The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep," as in the best poems from her subsequent volumes and the fine new poems collected here, Gregerson attains what few contemporary poets even seek: a plausible "we," a basis for speaking across the lines of individual circumstance and social identity.
Therefore, Hartshorne's view of God as an enduring object apparently provides more of a basis for speaking of God as a person.
Hartshorne maintains that this distinction, familiar enough in ordinary experience, is applicable to God and is the basis for speaking of dual transcendence in deity.
He said he "attended the RVH on the morning after the major incident was declared and I spoke to staff and I took my actions on the basis of speaking to staff, nothing less or nothing more".
In fact, on Bosanquet's account, it is primarily in light of one's service in the state that a person has the basis for speaking of his or her personal identity.
"Calling someone emotional is a way to police their behavior, label them as irrational, and label them as not really having a legitimate basis for speaking," she said.
Saying something is so does not make it so, but thinking clearly with heart and head congruent, values aligned, vision intact as a basis for speaking and acting, is a prerequisite on the path to freedom.
Some officers in the department, the lawsuit alleges, used to mock Asian accents "on a nearly daily basis" when speaking to the plaintiffs and used racial slurs, including "f**king gooks," to refer to residents in the area.
