KEY  .—If all the feelings of a patriot glow in our bosoms on a perusal of those eloquent speeches which are delivered in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, or in those public assemblies where the See also:

• PEOPLE

people are frequently convened to exercise the birthright of Britons—we owe it to shorthand . If new fervour be added to our devotion, and an additional stimulus be imparted to our exertions as Christians, by the eloquent appeals and encouraging statements made at the anniversaries of our various religious See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies—we owe it to shorthand . If we have an opportunity in interesting judicial cases, of examining the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, and learning the proceedings with as much certainty, and nearly as much minuteness, as if we had been See also:

• PRESENT

present on the occasion—we owe it to shorthand . See also:

• REPORTING

Reporting See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

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