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Excerpts from a speech to the Royal Society of Saint George, 24 April 1933

LONDON— I am a great admirer of the Scots. I am quite friendly with the Welsh, especially one of them [David Lloyd George]. I must confess to some sentiment about Old Ireland, in spite of the ugly mask she tries to wear. But this is not their night. On this one night in the whole year we are allowed to use a forgotten, almost a forbidden word. We are allowed to mention the name of our own country, to speak of ourselves as “Englishmen,” and we may even raise the slogan “St. George for Merrie England.”…

There are a few things I will venture to mention

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