John Morley - [Describing Theodore Roosevelt:] Half St. Paul, half

[Describing Theodore Roosevelt:] Half St. Paul, half St. Vitus.

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Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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John Morley, 1838-1923, British Member of Parliament (Liberal), Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for India, Quoted in Martin, Ballots & Bandwagons, Rand McNally, 1964

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