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He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.

Edmund Burke
Block, Tree, Chips
1781 Commenting on William Pitt theYounger's maiden speech in the House of Commons, 26 Feb.
He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.