Sir Chakles Russell's Spbkch.—Thy SaojbUsh Reader thus upeaks of Sir Oha*. fiußßflll's Ucmus .; -In tlio norm's of the British hw tbe g reat .speech of Sir Chas. Hasa4i , before the Commission is positively unique. Tlu'To h«V(S beeo. orations similar to it in the liwsa of Cnmmor.6 j there are narratives and diwrMions like it !<i Hi?, books of history j hut peyejr ye* did Kng!;«h judge or jury lis.teu to an of so ample mould. One is reminded of QemcH;theuee defending his whole life work before the ecolesia of Athens, or of Burke in the High Court of Parliament urging the wrong* of Bindostan. It is an appeal not to leg 4 technicaltieo, but to the sense of national justice ; ; jt is an historic argument to be tasted by strictly historic■ proofc.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1924, 1 August 1889, Page 2
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132Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Temuka Leader, Issue 1924, 1 August 1889, Page 2
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