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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
d, I have in my eye the person who drew it up, one of the bitterest and most mischievous enemies this country has ever known. The peers turned towards the American, when Chatham retorted: The plan is entirely my own; but if I were the first minister, and had the care of settling this momentous business, I should not be ashamed of publicly calling to my assistance a person so perfectly acquainted with the whole of American Chap. XX.} 1775. Feb. affairs, one whom all Europe ranks with our Boyles and Newtons, as an honor not to the English nation only, but to human nature. Overawed by the temper of the house, Dartmouth, with his wonted weakness, which made him execute the worst measures even when he seemed inclined to the best, turned round against his own candor, and declared for rejecting the plan immediately. This even Grafton advised; and Gower demanded. Perceiving the fixed purpose of the ministry, Chatham poured upon them a torrent of invective. This bill, said he, thou