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Whereas Chamberlain’s Birmingham speech exceeded it largely, gratuitously, and with a total absence of recognition of the fact that he was not an individual but a member of a body.
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Morley critiques a specific speech for lacking recognition of the speaker's role as part of a collective body rather than as an individual.
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