Paul,
I agree with everything you say.
Before I can recall Henry's crown, I should ask you for the name of someone who does it better, using your criteria.
Henry Kissinger is a talented person, but I don't agree that he is "the best speaker and writer of our language," nor is he "The most articulate American." Good use of grammar is not the only criterion of articulate speech or writing; in fact, it may not be the most important, either.
I don't believe that it is possible (nor even desirable) to identify one person as "the most" or "the best" anything; as my rhetoric professors might have said: "Sweeping generalizations are never true!"
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