I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way,…

Horace Walpole
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I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due. ✨ Horace Walpole, John Wright (1840). The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts, p.313
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I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due. ✨ Horace Walpole, John Wright (1840). The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts, p.313

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