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We are especially pleased to see with us to day this young hero" (that meant me)  "this young hero who in imagination" (friends, remember he said that; if he had not said "in imagination" I would not be egotistic enough to refer to it at all)  "this young hero who in imagination we have seen leading  we have seen leading  leading. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO SEE WITH US TO DAY THIS YOUNG HERO THAT MEANT ME THIS YOUNG HERO WHO IN IMAGINATION FRIENDS REMEMBER HE SAID THAT IF HE HAD NOT SAID IN IMAGINATION I WOULD NOT BE EGOTISTIC ENOUGH TO REFER TO A LAW THIS YOUNG HERO WHO IN IMAGINATION WE HAVE SEEN LEADING WE HAVE SEEN LEADING LEADING
ack his shoulders, slightly advanced the right foot, opened the organs of speech, and advanced his right foot at an angle of forty-five. As he stood in that elocutionary attitude, friends, this is just the way that speech went. Some people say to me, “Don’t you exaggerate?” That would be impossible. But I am here for the lesson and not for the story, and this is the way it went: “Fellow-citizens--” As soon as he heard his voice his fingers began to go like that, his knees began to shake, and then he trembled all over. He choked and swallowed and came around to the table to look at the manuscript. Then he gathered himself up with clenched fists and came back: “Fellow-citizens, we are Fellow-citizens, we are--we are--we are--we are--we are--we are very happy--we are very happy--we are very happy. We are very happy to welcome back to their native town these soldiers who have fought and bled--and come back again to their native town. We are especially--we are especially--we are especially. TUDE HE RESTED HEAVILY ON HIS LEFT HEEL THREW BACK HIS SHOULDERS SLIGHTLY ADVANCED THE RIGHT FOOT OPENED THE ORGANS OF SPEECH AND ADVANCED HIS RIGHT FOOT AT AN ANGLE OF FORTY FIVE AS HE STOOD IN THAT ELOCUTIONARY ATTITUDE FRIENDS THIS IS THE WAY THAT SPEECH WENT NOW SOME PEOPLE SAY TO ME DON'T YOU EXAGGERATE THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE BUT I AM HERE FOR THE LESSON AND NOT FOR THE STORY AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WENT FELLOW CITIZENS AS SOON AS HE HEARD HIS VOICE HIS FINGERS BEGAN TO GO LIKE THAT HIS KNEES BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN HE TREMBLED ALL OVER HE CHOKED AND SWALLOWED AND CAME AROUND TO THE TABLE TO LOOK AT THE MANUSCRIPT THEN HE GATHERED HIMSELF UP WITH CLENCHED FISTS AND CAME BACK FELLOW CITIZENS FELLOW CITIZENS WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE VERY HAPPY WE ARE VERY HAPPY WE ARE VERY HAPPY WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME BACK TO THEIR NATIVE TOWN THESE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND BLED AND COME BACK AGAIN TO THEIR NATIVE TOWN WE ARE ESPECIALLY WE ARE ESPECIALLY WE ARE ESPECIALLY
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