When one recalls all to which this speech led, the most memorable effort of that ardent, energetic life to which it was perhaps fatal, one can scarcely observe the origin of such vast exertions without emotion.
Disraeli reflects on the profound impact and personal cost of a significant speech made by Lord George Bentinck.
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