Elgin Speeches (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Elgin Speeches Gentlemen, As I was looking over, some few weeks ago, the speeches which I have at various times addressed to you in Elgin or in other Burghs of the District, it occurred to me that amidst much, the interest of which, if it ever had any, has long gone by, there were in them a good many things to which some interest might still attach, at least in the opinion of critics as indulgent as you have ever been towards me. I read through, accordingly, nearly all, pencil in hand, and struck out numerous paragraphs, sentences, and phrases, in which either the matter or the form no longer pleased me, endeavouring, as much as possible, to preserve what might be least unworthy of your consecutive perusal in the year 1871, and getting rid of that element which exists, and must exist, in all speeches on the subjects of the day - viz. that which may be worth saying once, but is not worth repetition when controversies are settled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.