William ShakespeareGlendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them?
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Sir Walter Scott wrote in Ivanhoe, “Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them?” Sir Walter Scott wrote these words in 1819. He was alluding to the obvious fact that people will come when they are called upon to do so. And he was also referencing the power of words. The more you say the more they will listen to you.
Source: King Henry Iv, Part 1
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