"Mr. Moore," commenced he, speaking also in his throat and nose, and enunciating each word very slowly, as if with a view to giving his audience time to appreciate fully the uncommon elegance of the phraseology, "it might, perhaps, justly be said that reason rather than peace is our purpose. 
"Mr. Moore," commenced he, enunciating each word very slowly, "it might, perhaps, be said that reason rather than peace is our purpose. 