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grand old man
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Grand Old Man
The name applied by Mr Labouchere to Mr W. E. Gladstone on the occasion of Mr Bradlaugh’s expulsion from the House after his election for Northampton because he refused to take the oath in the prescribed manner. Referring to a conversation in the tea-room Mr Labouchere said: “I told some friends that before I left Mr Gladstone came to me, and that grand old man, with tears in his eyes, took me by the hands, and said: ‘Mr Labouchere, bring me Mr Bradlaugh back again.’”
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grand old man in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grand old man in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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