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As a legislator, debater, orator and statesman he had but few equals and no superiors.
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gutenberg.orgOrange Jacobs: “As a legislator, debater, orator and statesman he had but few equals and no superiors.”
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This quote asserts that the individual was an unparalleled figure in legislative and rhetorical skills.
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