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Excerpt from The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart;, Delivered in the House of Commons, Vol. 1 of 4: With a General Explanatory Index, and a Brief Chronological Summary of the Various Subjects on Which the Speeches Were Delivered; From 1810 to 1829
The speeches of sir robert peel, as delivered in the House of Commons, and faithfully recorded in these volumes, may be considered as the perfect re?ex of this distinguished orator's Parliamentary career, and the political mirror of the eventful age in which he lived. During a period of forty years he was the moving spirit of every important public measure; and perhaps no statesman of ancient or modern times ever possessed a more commanding sway over the minds of men. His eloquence, possibly, was not of the first order. He had not the fire and energy of Chatham, the imagery of Burke, the versatile genius of Canning, or the brilliant oratory of Sheridan 5 but he displayed those requisites which are far more essential to a great statesman -a thorough knowledge of the various subjects on which his speeches were delivered, and the most perfect clearness in the development of his views; while dignity of expression, a purity of diction, and unaffected ease imparted a charm and a grace to all he uttered.
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