Excerpt from Memorials, Vol. 2: Personal and Political, 1865-1895 Tions which pressed upon us. Of the soundness of the principle that the rule of moral Obligation is as cogent in public as in private affairs, I have never doubted. But the rulers Of a great country are trustees of its power and reputation, and cannot compromise them without risk of serious calamities; and to be faithful to that trust is itself a moral Obligation. To reconcile that Obligation with others which may appear to conflict with it is not ...
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Excerpt from Memorials, Vol. 2: Personal and Political, 1865-1895 Tions which pressed upon us. Of the soundness of the principle that the rule of moral Obligation is as cogent in public as in private affairs, I have never doubted. But the rulers Of a great country are trustees of its power and reputation, and cannot compromise them without risk of serious calamities; and to be faithful to that trust is itself a moral Obligation. To reconcile that Obligation with others which may appear to conflict with it is not always easy; and I felt the difficulty not enough to prevent me from concurring in and vindicating the course which we took in coming to an agreement with the Boers as that most consistent with our duty, but enough to enable me to enter into the feelings of those who thought otherwise. Lord. Cairns brought the subject before the House of Lords on the 31st March 1881, in the most eloquent speech which he ever made, condemning as dishonourable the circum stances and the terms of that agreement. But public opinion, upon the whole, was with us; and the time which he chose for bringing on that discussion was unfortunate, as the negotiation had not been brought to a conclusion, nor was peace fully secured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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