In what language of composure or of decency can I say to you that there is in this bitter and venomous charge not one single word of truth; that it is from beginning to end grossly, glaringly, wilfully false?--false even in the name of the man from whom he pretends to have derived his information.
Quincy expresses his outrage at a false accusation made against him, emphasizing its complete lack of truth.
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