But we must observe, as we saw before about 1870, that there ...

But we must observe, as we saw before about 1870, that there is no overt or general failure on which disaffection can seize to confute the ruling order.

Judged by the standards of 1840, the state of England in 1890, when the dark shadow of the eighties was lifting, was most enviable: and that, whether the eye rested on the imposing stability of the whole, or the steadily growing comfort and freedom of its component parts.

In that year two veterans spoke their last word. In the Reichstag, Moltke

rose to warn his countrymen against seeking by

violence what could only be won by patience.

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