The statement made a great impression upon the House and the country; but, unfortunately for the government, the more necessary they made the measure appear, the more unjustifiable was their conduct in not immediately and vehemently pursuing it.
From his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli comments on the government's strategic misstep in presenting a measure without immediately acting on it.
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