It is said,-and men seem to think that condemnation can go no further than such a censure-that they brought us within twenty-four hours of revolution...But is it in truth so great an evil, when the dearest interests and the most sincere convictions are at stake, to go within twenty-four hours of revolution? (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

It is said,-and men seem to think that condemnation can go no further than such a censure-that they brought us within twenty-four hours of revolution...But is it in truth so great an evil, when the dearest interests and the most sincere convictions are at stake, to go within twenty-four hours of revolution?

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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