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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce - No wonder that, when...

No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident. (James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce)

No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident.

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

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