Coleridge was asked by Lord Byron, who poiuted to a man in a state of brutal intoxication, if he thought that a proof of j immortal nature. " Your inquiry, my lord, is a proof," Coleridge replied. And so it was: the natural instinct shrinking with abhorrence from the degredation of the soul. An Honorable member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, has performed the extraordinary feat of talking against time for nearly nine hours. He only gave in at the end of that time— not because his tongue was paralyzed or his jaws dislocated, but — because he became rather weak about the kuees from long standing. This is the nearest approach to the wonderful performance of Mr. Beauchamp, of the Marlborough Provincial Council, who spoke for ten and a half hours, that we have yet heard of.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 260, 5 November 1870, Page 4
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