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I think your speech is far the best one delivered this session, and will confer upon you immortality as a parliamentary debater,--not merely a ‘maker of addresses,’ as your enemies would have it.
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Sumner asserts that a particular speech will grant lasting recognition to its author as a significant parliamentary figure.
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