Today we look at these achievements, much as Dark Age peasants looked on the mightyworks of the Roman Era, feeling like some golden age has passed when giants walked the Earth.
Invoking the mighty Times just because the reviewer works for the NY Times, transfers the credibility and credentials of the institution to the individual and turns an individual opinion into a powerful endorsement.
As King works up to the mighty peroration of the greatest American speech of the 20th century, his cadences continue to rise and fall, going higher each time to signal his passion for the subject.