Word: palmiest
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...speaks, the more interested he becomes in debating. Here, then, is an opportunity for a vast improvement this year. If twenty men would only pledge themselves each time to make five-minute speeches, the effect would be marvellous. We should have debates such as were never excelled in the palmiest days of the Society. This year is a critical one in the history of the Union, for its founders, those who naturally contributed most to its success, went out with '81. There must be a hard struggle, or the society will be in danger of going under altogether. But there...