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It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.
It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.
Learn to think continentally.
Learn to think continentally.
It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have
learned to think nationally.
It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have
learned to think nationally.
I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to
give a political blank cheque read more
I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to
give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, read more
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet.
Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
[It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.]
Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
[It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.]
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
