The Men At the Helm Biographical Sketches of Great English Statesmen
The Men At the Helm Biographical Sketches of Great English Statesmen
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"* It does not belong to us to trace the able operations by which Lord Castlereagh and the lord lieutenant, Lord Cornwallis, gradually prevailed against a most formidable phalanx. Eebellion was put down, and the rebel leaders expiated their folly and their crime on the gibbet, or in life-long servitude in the penal settlements of Australia. Then commenced the parliamentary cam- j)aign, conducted by Castlereagh with consummate ability and impertiu'bable coolness. He was libelled, he was ridicule...d, he was threatened. But neither threats, jests, nor libels could swerve him one hair's- breadth from his settled purpose. Some of his op- ponents he bribed by money, others by peerages, sine- cures, snug places, and promotions. To some, such as Grattan and Plunket, he opposed a calm brow and a convincing logic. His temper was never ruffled, his courage never daunted ; his coolness never degenerated into insolence, nor his courtesy into servile pliancy. Every debate was a tempest, but it did not shake his nerves or perturb his mind ; and at length, on the 7th of June, 1 800, his patience and his pluck were rewarded by one of the greatest triumphs ever achieved by a Bri- tish statesman — the Bill of Union was passed by u majority of sixty- five voices.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"* It does not belong to us to trace the able operations by which Lord Castlereagh and the lord lieutenant, Lord Cornwallis, gradually prevailed against a most formidable phalanx. Eebellion was put down, and the rebel leaders expiated their folly and their crime on the gibbet, or in life-long servitude in the penal settlements of Australia. Then commenced the parliamentary cam- j)aign, conducted by Castlereagh with consummate ability and impertiu'bable coolness. He was libelled, he was ridicule...d, he was threatened. But neither threats, jests, nor libels could swerve him one hair's- breadth from his settled purpose. Some of his op- ponents he bribed by money, others by peerages, sine- cures, snug places, and promotions. To some, such as Grattan and Plunket, he opposed a calm brow and a convincing logic. His temper was never ruffled, his courage never daunted ; his coolness never degenerated into insolence, nor his courtesy into servile pliancy. Every debate was a tempest, but it did not shake his nerves or perturb his mind ; and at length, on the 7th of June, 1 800, his patience and his pluck were rewarded by one of the greatest triumphs ever achieved by a Bri- tish statesman — the Bill of Union was passed by u majority of sixty- five voices.
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