"He had made a sacrifice of many preconceived opinions, of many early predilections, and of many long-cherished notions."

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Prime Ministers of the United KingdomFellows of the Royal SocietyChancellors of the ExchequerDefence ministers of England, Great Britain, and the United KingdomSecretaries of State for the Colonies (United Kingdom)
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Speech in the House of Lords in favour of the Reform Bill (5 October 1831), quoted in Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, Vol. VII. Comprising the Period from the Fourteenth Day of September, to the Fifth Day of October, 1831 (1832), column 1377