A SHORT SPEECH
One of the shortest speeches ever made by a public man on a, ceremonious occasion was the reply of William Pitt to the toast of hi.s health at the Guildhall banquet in November, 1805, after the battle of Trafalgar. Pitt was toasted as the “ Saviour of Europe,” and replied in what Lord Rosebery called, “ the noblest, the tersest, and the last of all his epeeehes.” “ I return yon many thanks for the- honour you have done me,” said Pitt. “(But Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, I trust, save Europe by her example.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 3
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109A SHORT SPEECH Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 3
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