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to this constituency
that at this crucial by-election..
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our candidate should be returned
by an adequate majority.
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l now ask for Captain Fraser.
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Ladies and gentlemen, l apologize for
my hesitation in rising just now..
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but l'd entirely
failed while listening..
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to the chairman's flattering
description of the next speaker..
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to realize he was
talking about me.
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As for you, may l say
from the bottom of my heart..
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and with the utmost sincerity..
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how delighted and relieved l am
to find myself..
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in your presence at this moment.
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Delighted because
of your friendly reception..
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relieved because so long
as l stand on this platform..
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l am delivered from the cares
and anxieties..
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which must always be the lot
of a man in my position.
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When l journeyed up to Scotland
a few days ago..
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traveling on the Highland Express
over that magnificent Forth Bridge..
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that monument to Scottish engineering
and Scottish muscle--
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That is to say, on that journey l
had no idea that in a few days time..
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l should find myself addressing
an important political meeting.
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l had planned a very different program
for myself.
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A very different program.
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You'd be for the moors
to shoot something.
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Or somebody.
l'm a rotten shot.
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Anyhow, l little thought
l should be speaking tonight..
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in support of that brilliant,
young statesman.
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That rising--
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The gentleman on my right..
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already known among you
as one destined to make..
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no uncertain mark in politics.
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ln other words,
your future member of Parliament..
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your candidate, Mr--