p. 235
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Mr. Gladstone characteristically replied that "the subject of the establishment of a national public library in Edinburgh will have every consideration from Her Majesty's Government', which signified precisely nothing, as the Faculty experienced when a few years later a renewed approach was made.
— Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan
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Source: Wikiquote: "Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan" (Quotes, A Man of Law's Tale (1952), At the Scottish bar)
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About Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (20 February 1873 – 5 September 1952) was a Scottish advocate and judge
About Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (20 February 1873 – 5 September 1952) was a Scottish advocate and judge
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