This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...have made the " best terms we could," wrote the Archbishop of Canterbury, "and, thanks to the Queen, a collision between the Houses has been averted." It was not only a triumph for justice, but a great triumph for Mr. Gladstone, who had passed through a crucial ordeal with the most striking success. The Irish ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...have made the " best terms we could," wrote the Archbishop of Canterbury, "and, thanks to the Queen, a collision between the Houses has been averted." It was not only a triumph for justice, but a great triumph for Mr. Gladstone, who had passed through a crucial ordeal with the most striking success. The Irish Land System. Mr. Gladstone compared the Irish question to the upas tree, and said there were three branches that must be cut down. One branch--the Irish Established Church--was gone, and he set about without delay, and with the like energy, to lop off the second. The branch now to be attacked was the Irish land system, which affected so deeply the welfare of the cultivators of the soil. The hardships entailed on the tenant were in many cases outrageous. A man would take a farm on which weeds only grew, and, by dint of hard unceasing toil, transform it into a valuable property. No sooner would this be done than the landlord raised the rent, and if the tenant refused to pay, the result was a heartless notice to quit. A new tenant came in, paid the increased rental, and enriched the man who did nothing in the matter except to reap from the land the proceeds of other men's toil. It was a case of palpable injustice, but it was easier to see the evil than find a remedy. The system of land tenure in Ireland was complex beyond belief, and even Mr. Gladstone found it hard work to make himself acquainted with the question in all its bearings and ramifications In the end, he completely mastered the details, and was probably the only Englishman of that time who had done so. After careful deliberation and prolonged discussion in the Cabinet, he was able to write in his diary on 25th January, 1870--" The great difficulties of the...
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Used: Acceptable. Size: 18.9 x 0.2 x 24.6 cm; Condition. This is the original 1905 book. It is NOT a print on demand or scanned copy. The cover has a mark top left hand corner. The back of the book has age spots. Inside it is generally clean. It is over a 100 years old and shows it. Photos are available. ref ZKVQ.
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