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'You would if it were on the other side, sir.'
'Yes, Silverbridge, yes; I should be very proud if it were on the
other side. But there is a useful old adage which bids us not cry
for spilt milk. You have a right to your opinions, though perhaps
I may think that in adopting what I must call new opinions you
were a little precipitate. We cannot act together in politics. But
not on the less on that account do I wish to see you take an
active and useful part on that side to which you have attached
yourself.' As he said this he rose from his seat and spoke with
emphasis, as though he were addressing some imaginary Speaker or a
house of legislators around. 'I shall be proud to hear you second
the address. If you do it as gracefully and fitly as I am sure you
may if you will give yourself the trouble, I shall hear you do it
with infinite satisfaction, even though I shall feel at the same
time anxious to answer all your arguments and to disprove your
assertions. I should be listening no doubt to my opponent;--but I
should be proud to feel that I was listening to my son.
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