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It should be a lesson to public speakers who go "on the stump " not to ask a question and then " pause for a reply," and, above all, not to express themselves too modestly — even' after victory — about their merits. One of the best and most deserving of them did this. He said, doubtless with his hand upon an honest heart : " What have I done that I should have received this honour at your hands ?" And one of the crowd answered, 11 Nothing ;" which would have disconcerted most persons.
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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1898, Page 3
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89Don't. Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1898, Page 3
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