Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby · 1869

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

“In me you will find one ready to assist in removing all blemishes and deformities from the best and holiest institutions of the country with the most uncompromising zeal—while, at the same time, I will oppose, with all the might and energy of which I am capable, those whose measures, whose objects, and whose intentions are not to reform, but to destroy. (Vehement and long-continued cheering.)”

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