The Three Statesmen
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Excerpt from The Three Statesmen: The Earl of Beaconsfield, W. E. Gladstone, and the Marquis of Salisbury William Ewart Gladstone. How long my ambition has sustained me in deferred hope, and fame has held me at arm´s length. I have now reached within a few moons the allotted term of mortal life, after a protracted struggle for preeminence, and here I am alone to bear my defeat with all the grace and submission that my nature doth possess. I find it almost beyond my philosophy to accept with resignation the people´s verdict, which has obliged me to surrender the national leadership. When these hands held the seals of office, what influence overcame me to jeopardise their possession is still a mystery - darkened more and more as days swell into years and make me witness the victory of my rival, with whom no bond of sympathy exists. Enter First Colleague. My leader, how fares it with you to-day? Gladstone. My brain is hot with fiery thought, and my heart is sick with the flashing intelligence of the Empire´s smiles and joys. First Colleague. Yes! Time confounds all in turn, and the higher man attains the greater is the fall to the level of his fellows. With you, we have been cast aside by the popular vote, although we profess to be proud of the privilege of representing the working classes. Gladstone. I must own that I have allowed the flowing tide to fame and honour to ebb, regardless of the treasures it brought within my grasp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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