_Mr. G._ "YES, MISS, I ENTIRELY AGREE WITH YOU. 'LOCAL OPTION'
IS--IS--UM--MORE OR LESS OF AN IMPOSTURE."
_Miss Harcourt (horrified, appearing in the doorway)._ "OH! MR. G.! MR.
G.!!"
["... Local option ... if pretending to the honour of a remedy,
is little better than an imposture.... I am glad to see that Mr.
CHAMBERLAIN is active in your cause."--_Extract from a Letter
written by Mr. Gladstone to the Bishop of Chester. See Daily Paper,
Sept. 19._]]
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