I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. (Edward Everett)

I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.

Edward Everett

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