It is related of a certain clergyman, noted for his dry sermons, with many divisions, that one day, when he reached a resting-place in his discourse, and paused to take breath, he asked the question, " And what shall I say more ?" a voice from the congregation responded, " Say amen !" Office. — When men get into office tbey retire from general society, and confine themselves to a limited circle. They no/ longer hear the free observations of acquaintances ; they no longer look at objects at first hand, but as through a secondary telescope j they no longer come .in personal collision with mankind, but trust implicitly to their secretaries and clerks. Hence arise a multitude of mistakes ; and this is frequently the true cause why men, who have been very good politicians out of office, have made so sorry a figure in it. Lord Chatham was an exception to all this.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 100, 29 April 1871, Page 2
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