Luck Relies On Chance, Labor On Character.

It Has Been One Of My Difficulties, In Arguing This Question Out Of Doors With Friends Or Strangers, That I Rarely Find Any Intelligible Agreement As To The Object Of The War.

The Twelve Or Fifteen Millions In The British Empire, Who, While They Possess No Electoral Rights, Are Yet Persuaded They Are Freemen, And Who Are Mystified Into The Notion That They Are Not Political Bondmen, By That Great Juggle Of The ' English Constitution ' A Thing Of Monopolies, And Church-craft, And Sinecures, Armorial Hocus-pocus, Primogeniture, And Pageantry!

Cobden Was The Greatest Statesman And Prophet Of The Century. His Speeches Are An Inspiration. A Man Whose Disciple I Am Willing To Confess I Am.

The Problem To Solve Is, Whether A Single Or A Double Government Would Be Most Advantageous; And, In Considering That Point, I Am Met By This Difficulty - That I Cannot See That The Present Form Of Government Is A Double Government At All.

I Am No Party Man In This Matter In Any Degree; And If I Have Any Objection To The Motion It Is This, That Whereas It Is A Motion To Inquire Into The Manufacturing Distress Of The Country, It Should Have Been A Motion To Inquire Into Manufacturing And Agricultural Distress.