Author : Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334452659
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (526 download)
Book Synopsis Speech of the Right. Hon. B. Disraeli, M. P., To the Working Men's Conservative Association at Glasgow, on Saturday, November, 22nd, 1873 (Classic Reprint) by : Benjamin Disraeli
Download or read book Speech of the Right. Hon. B. Disraeli, M. P., To the Working Men's Conservative Association at Glasgow, on Saturday, November, 22nd, 1873 (Classic Reprint) written by Benjamin Disraeli and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of the Right. Hon. B. Disraeli, M. P., To the Working Men's Conservative Association at Glasgow, on Saturday, November, 22nd, 1873 Mr. Disraeli, on rising to address the meeting, was received with the most enthusiastic cheers. He said Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, - I am not using merely conventional language when I express to you the high honour that I feel in receiving this address from the Conservative Association of Glasgow. The gratification is increased by the chair being filled this day by one who was formerly a colleague of mine in Parliament, and whom, with others around me, I learnt to respect, and more than respect, for he gained the heart of the House of Commons while he sat there.* Gentlemen, I will not conceal from you, and, indeed, many and most of you know it, that when it was first suggested to me to receive this distinction and to meet you here, after great re ection, I felt it my duty - though with pain - to refuse the honour which was intended for me. I did so because I thought that, upon the whole, as my visit to Glasgow was an academic or neutral visit, it would be better that nothing Should occur that might in any way make an exception to that general sentiment of respect which it is my pride and pleasure to say I have received from all classes and all parties in this city. And I must take this _opportunity, as it may be the last I shall have, without reference to any political Opinions, of expressing to the citizens of 'glasgow my lively sense of the kind and considerate manner in which they have received me, and I must say the too great indulgence even of those who do not generally agree with me in political opinion. But, gentlemen, when I had been here some little time it was represented to me by those who spoke for a large body of my fellow countrymen that it seemed Very hard upon them who, from their pursuits and other reasons, could take no part in august. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
