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Ed Miliband — Ed Miliband borrowed from Disraeli in his keynote speech at the Labour party annual conference. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Disraeli's 1872 'One Nation' speech, from the Guardian archive

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Ed Miliband has borrowed from Disraeli's 'One Nation' speech in his address to the Labour conference. Read the speech as the Guardian reported it in 1872

Ed Miliband talked about Benjamin Disraeli and his 'One Nation' speech during his address to the 2012 Labour conference.

Disraeli gave his speech at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on 3 April 1872. The following day, the Manchester Guardian published the speech over two pages.

The full-page text is too dense to read without a magnifying glass so we've uploaded it in four chunks - click on the images below to read each section.

Part one:

Disraeli speech 1872 One Nation — Click on the headline to read part one of Disraeli's speech

Part two:

Disralie's One Nation speech 1872 part 2 — Click on the image to read part two of Disraeli's speech

Part three:

Disraeli One Nation speech 1872 part 3 — Click on the image to read part three of Disraeli's speech

Part four:

Disraeli One Nation speech 1872 part 4 — Click on the image to read part four of Disraeli's speech

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