He offers his clients a variety of options : straight-up coaching sessions; 24-hour phone access; and a special program, called " back in 45, " in which he meets his client for a 45-minute lunch-- with the client picking up the bill-- as he strives to lift up the patient from the slough of despond.
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In a memorial lecture, the critic Herman Klein said of him, " From an artistic point of view he achieved triumph after triumph; he lifted English opera out of the slough of despond in which it was found in 1875 . " Both during his life and after his death, his company had much to do with popularizing opera in England, encouraging native composers and training many singers who went on to international careers.
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"' Templeton "'burn joins the Irvine directly at Crookedholm . "'Thrashy Knowe "'burn rises below the knowe of that name and then runs into the Polbaith burn . "'Threap "'syke rises below Muir Hill and flows into the Glen water and then into the Irvine at Darvel . "'Todrigs "'burn begins as the "'Slough "'burn and passes through the'Slough of Despond'near Dankeith House before once feeding an old curling pond at Todrigs and then passing on through the Caprington estate before reaching its confluence with the Irvine near Gatehead . "'Tongue "'burn joins the Irvine directly near Priestland outside Darvel.
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Because of the widespread longtime popularity of " The Pilgrim's Progress ", Christian's hazards whether originally from Bunyan or borrowed by him from the Bible the " Slough of Despond ", the " Hill Difficulty ", " Valley of the Shadow of Death ", " Doubting Castle ", and the " Enchanted Ground ", his temptations ( the wares of " Vanity Fair " and the pleasantness of " By-Path Meadow " ), his foes ( " Apollyon " and " Giant Despair " ), and the helpful stopping places he visits ( the " House of the Interpreter ", the " House Beautiful ", the " Delectable Mountains ", and the " Land of Beulah " ) have become commonly used phrases proverbial in English.
