For that statement of the right honorable gentleman, as amended and admitted, there is not a shadow of foundation. (Irish cheers.) That you cannot contradict, although you have plenty of myrmidons, and, perhaps, some minions.
Gladstone vehemently refutes an opponent's claim, asserting it lacks any foundation despite their resources.
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