British Academy/presidents of The British Academy 1902%e2%80%93present

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    “Gorgonised me from head to foot,
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    “A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken.”
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