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04 Dec 08

How Obama tapped into a powerful—and only recently studied—human emotion called "elevation."

Elevation = the emotions of uplift. '[Thomas] Jefferson wrote of the physical sensation that comes from witnessing goodness in others: It is to "dilate [the] breast and elevate [the] sentiments … and privately covenant to copy the fair example."

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