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Milords, ladies and gentlemen...
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pray silence for your chairman...
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Mr. Stephen Fisher.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I have an announcement to make...
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which I'm sure will be
a great disappointment to us all.
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I've just received this telegram
from Mr. Van Meer...
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who was to have been
our guest of honor today.
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"Deeply regret. Called away suddenly
owing to unforeseen circumstances.
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"And I will be unable
to attend your meeting as planned.
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"I am with you and your work
with all my heart.
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"I could not have said more
had I been there."
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Although this removes
one of our star attractions...
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we may, as a result, have more time
to tell you from the inside...
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just what this party has stood for
and why we've asked you here today.
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I can think of no one
more competent to do this...
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than the speaker I'm about to introduce.
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I trust you won't think this a family affair...
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when I say that I refer to my daughter
Miss Carol Fisher.
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Milords, ladies and gentlemen...
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pray silence for Miss Carol Fisher.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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I trust, even making allowances
for a father's exuberance...
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you do not think I'm in any way
being put forward today...
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as a substitute for Mr. Van Meer.
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Unhappily for us,
no one can take Mr. Van Meer's place.
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What I can do possibly
is to clear up a few misapprehensions...
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that have crept into
the public discussion of this movement...
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and revise some of the epithets
that have been applied to us...
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by some who have not gone
as deeply into the matter as they might.
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The female of the species
is deadlier than the male.
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...as a group of well-meaning amateurs.
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Now, I'm sure there's some of you
here today who think of us as such.