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Show A Conquering Wilt Many are the stories told of the war j in which Pitt the first earl of Chatham, frightened and silenced those who at tempted to criticise his speech or action , in any way. On one occasion a member of the house of commons made use of the phrase "king, lords and commons, or" directing his gaze toward Mr. Pitt "as that right honorable member woulo. i call them, 'commons, lords and king. ' ' ' Mr. Pitt rose with great deliberation and called to order. ' 'I have frequently heard in this house doctrines which have surprised me, ' ' he said, "but now my blood runs cold. I desire the words of the honorable member mem-ber may be taken down." The clerk of the house wrote tha words. "Bring them to me," commanded Mr. Pitt in a voice of thunder. By this time the offending member was thoroughly thor-oughly frightened. "Sir," ne said, addressing himself to the speaker, "I am sorry to have given offense to the right honorable gentleman or to the house. I meant nothing! King, lords and commonj; lords,-king and-commons; and-commons; commons, lords and king. Tria juncta in una I meant nothing) Indeed I meant nothing 1" Mr. Pitt then rose and said gravely; "I do not wish to push the matter further. fur-ther. The moment a man acknowledge? his error he ceases to be guilty. I havt a great regard for the honorable member, mem-ber, and as an instance of that regard I give him this advice that whenever he means nothing he will 6ay nothing. " Youth's Companion. |