William Ewart Galdstone, prime minister of England, Page 62 |
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Page 214 - ... on our side. The great social forces which move on in their might and majesty, and which the tumult of our debates does not for a moment impede or disturb — those great social forces are against you ; they are marshalled on our side ; and the banner which we now carry in...
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