There is now before us one great issue by which all others are overshadowed. We have to determine whether the great Empire that we have inherited from our forefathers and which is the glory of us all (cheers) is to exist or to be destroyed. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

There is now before us one great issue by which all others are overshadowed. We have to determine whether the great Empire that we have inherited from our forefathers and which is the glory of us all (cheers) is to exist or to be destroyed.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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