Englands Policy And Peril A Letter To The Earl Of Beaconsfield

Author : Alfred Austin
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ISBN 13 : 9781331007906
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book England's Policy and Peril written by Alfred Austin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from England's Policy and Peril: A Letter to the Earl of Beaconsfield My Lord, The fortunes of the British Empire are trembling in the balance, and it is your hand that can adjust the scales. Do I need any other excuse for addressing you? If I did, I should perhaps find it in the recollection that, little more than a twelvemonth ago, and at a moment almost equally critical, I was allowed, without rebuke from my countrymen, to address words of deferential remonstrance to one hardly less distinguished than yourself. The motive that impels me is the strongest that can influence a human being. It is love of country; and I trust that not in your eyes only, but in the estimation of others less likely to be indulgent, it will suffice to acquit me of the offence of presumption. You stand at the parting of the ways, and you cannot halt there long. You will have to decide, and decide quickly, whether you shall summon your countrymen to a full comprehension of the dangers that threaten them, or trust to their want of patriotism to keep you in power after you have ceased to deserve it. Your vision is too clear, and the scope of your political intelligence too wide, for it to be possible that you yourself should in this matter err for lack of knowledge or from deficiency of penetration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.