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He was not only an intense partisan, but he had a positive genius for saying bitter things in the bitterest way.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “He was not only an intense partisan, but he had a positive genius for saying bitter things in the bitterest way.”
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He describes a person's talent for delivering harsh criticisms in a particularly biting manner.
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