“Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.”

— William Pitt the Younger

Nathaniel Wraxall, "Historical Memoirs of My Own Time", part 2.
Edmund Burke's reaction to Pitt's maiden speech in Parliament. The 'old block' was William Pitt the Elder.
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