. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. d to obliterate somewhat the artificial lines in Brit-ish society, and to promote that social and civil unity of the English peopleas a whole which he was glad to say was indicated by the signs of the timesand the progress of humanity. Had this argument of Mr. Gladstone, relating wholly to secular reform,been the sum of his
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. d to obliterate somewhat the artificial lines in Brit-ish society, and to promote that social and civil unity of the English peopleas a whole which he was glad to say was indicated by the signs of the timesand the progress of humanity. Had this argument of Mr. Gladstone, relating wholly to secular reform,been the sum of his offending the probabilities are that he would haveremained in virtually the same relations as hitherto with the politi-cal parties. But he presently went further in a matter relating to theChurch. On that side also he veered away from the opinions held by hisconstituents of Oxford University, and, as we shall presently see, alienateda majority of them from his support. In the meantime other questions arose that, for the present, postponedthe break between the chancellor of the exchequer and his old party associ-ates. All along a strong tide of opposition had beaten against the govern-ment of Lord Palmerston on the score of his foreign policj. For years it. GLADSTONE IN IS64. AGE HFIV-HVE. PROGRESS TOWARD LIBERALISM, AND REJECTION BY OXFORD. 353 had been alleged that that statesman with respect to the imperial ngime inFrance was a toady. To this offense he was said to have added many anodious favor to the revolutionary party existing widely in other Europeannations. At this particular juncture Germany had summoned Denmark to giveup Schleswig-Holstein to the military occupation of Prussia and Austria,until what time the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg might be to close quarters, the Danish government appealed to England andFrance for support, and received from those governments what the Danesthought were sufficient assurances, and war was declared aga
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