Original sentence: His book A Time to Speak was an account of his eventful three years in politics from 1966 to 1969.Italic text.Justice Michael Kirby described St John as a "contradictory, restless, reforming spirit"
Edited sentence: (Ref: Commonwealth Parliamentary Hansards 1967)  Justice Michael Kirby described St John as a "contradictory, restless, reforming spirit".His book A Time to Speak was an account of his eventful three years in politics from 1966 to 1969, his role as a whistle-blower in the Voyager collision case (1964) and is an excellent book in terms of its focus on integrity and leadership in politics.His speeches in the Parliament went down in history as some of those that shaped Australia as a nation