I have very great pleasure in presenting to you the speaker of the evening ————. He will address us upon the topic——
It has fallen to my lot to introduce one who is known to many here. I have great pleasure in presenting ————
It is a very curious circumstance to see how——
It is really disconcerting to find that——
I am revealing no secret in saying that——
I must not leave you under misapprehensions so——
I am rather inclined to the opinion that——
I do not find anything in the tenets of my religion which requires me to——
You will be very much pleased to hear that——
I have but one rule to guide my conduct and that is——
There is but a thousand-to-one chance that——
I informed you wrongly when I said that——
If I may use the expression I think that——
I had the inexpressible comfort of knowing that——
He made a touching proof of his regard by——
Is it not a great mercy to have such a helper
I felt like uttering a mild disclaimer when——
I was strangely moved when I heard that——
There is a certain distinctive advantage in——
Has the tide of victory set in your favor
By what magic have you found out the secrets of——
We have plumed ourselves upon our ability to——
No one could be so rash as to assert that——
I took particular pains to notice whether——
It is a particular piece of good fortune that he——
I have the great good fortune to have heard that——
It is from the heart that I can request that——
The full gravity of the situation is seen in the fact that——
It cannot but carry with it instant conviction that——
It is quite indifferent to me whether I——
It would have been quite out of the question for us to——
I was about to inquire what you thought of——
I suppose the inference we are expected to draw is——
My principal motive for acting thus was——
There are pretty certain indications that
It is a sort of presumption to expect that——
I have been falsely assuring everybody that——
It was a happy circumstance for me that——
I devoutly wish it may prove to be that he——
I have a mental reservation with regard to——
A very affecting circumstance happened yesterday
If I may hazard a conjecture, I should rather think that——
He seems to be obsessed with the idea that——
The nameless responsive thrill of something deep within us
The song lifting its pæan out of the night
