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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 65

[introduction]

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—For a reason known very well, the people of Bruce have been called upon to elect a representative for Parliament. You will more than agree with me when I say that the late member was a man of whom any country might be proud. He was a man of mark in public and private life. His business abilities and experience, his energy and activity, are discoverable from the works he has left behind him, and during the short time he remained in this County. It will be a happy fact for Bruce if she can always find one to represent her as wisely and well as he did who has passed away.

You may have read in an ancient poet of a man who when he rose to speak was in a manner awkward and uncouth, but soon it appeared he was an orator born, causing his words to fall gently on the audience page 129 like flakes of snow. I have a suspicion that many who rise to speak get more naturally through the first part of that orator's performance than the last. And I am not certain but I may also be one of the many.