. 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. ed. The party known as the Peelites was dissolvedinto its elements. It may be allowed that William E. Gladstone hardlyknew whither to go. He had become a power in Parliament, and wascherishing great ambitions. He was unwilling to go over to the Whigs,and it had now become impossible for him to return to the Tories. For thet
. 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. ed. The party known as the Peelites was dissolvedinto its elements. It may be allowed that William E. Gladstone hardlyknew whither to go. He had become a power in Parliament, and wascherishing great ambitions. He was unwilling to go over to the Whigs,and it had now become impossible for him to return to the Tories. For thetime being he made up to Sir James Graham, and stood close by the sideof that statesman until the death of the latter in 1861. Sir James at this BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH QUESTION. 179 time enjoyed a well-earned reputation for skill in politics and wisdom instatesmanship. It has been urged in his behalf that if he had possessed ajudgment as clear as his learning was vast and his perceptions acute hecould but have risen to distinct leadership in the public life of Great appears in the retrospect that Gladstone in this stage of his developmentdrew largely upon the resources of Sir James Graham, and to a considera-ble degree imbibed his principles and LORD HENRY BROUGHAM. We have in this chapter followed Mr. Gladstone to that stage in hiscareer where his influence, having been first acknowledged throughoutGreat Britain, began to diffuse itself over the Continent and into allcountries having civilized relations with England, whether of race, govern-ment, or commercial intercourse.
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