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The author assembles selected public speeches and prefatory essays explaining why only certain addresses are published, reflecting on decades of public life and the duties of a parliamentarian. The collection includes parliamentary debates, courtroom and public assembly orations, and meditations on rhetorical craft; the author defends careful selection by literary and political criteria, critiques foreign influences on native political language, and argues for preserving the language’s clarity and national thought while acknowledging the variable public impact and artistic merits of individual speeches.
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