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What he had to say would have been true and apt and fit to be uttered in the earlier days of Athens and Rome, and true and apt and fit to be uttered for thousands of years to come.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar suggests that Gladstone's insights are timeless and relevant across ages and cultures.

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