He hoped and believed that many chapters of Mr. Balfour's career had still to be written by the pen of history. It would be long before they would see again in the forefront of politics personality so invaluable to his friends so formidable to his foes and so interesting and attractive to friends and foes alike, such o unique combination of gifts and powers as made Mr. Balfour by universal consent the most distingaishmember of the greatest deliberative assembly in the world.
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