To write a life of Mr. Gladstone, says Mr. Morley, is a stroke of temerity. To try to write his life to-day, he adds, is to push temerity still further. And yet in facing this task, and in facing it at once, Mr. Morley is undoubtedly right. Although p...
To write a life of Mr. Gladstone, says Mr. Morley, is a stroke of temerity. To try to write his life to-day, he adds, is to push temerity still further. And yet in facing this task, and in facing it at once, Mr. Morley is undoubtedly right. Although perhaps we cannot to-day see men and events in quite their real proportions, postponement wonld have entailed disadvantages which would have far exceeded the advantages.