The crowded annals of human misology, as well as the more terrible chronicle of the consequences when misology has impatiently betaken itself to the cruel arm of flesh, show the decisive importance of the precise way in which a great subject of debate is put.
This quote highlights the significance of framing debates correctly, as evidenced by the historical consequences of misology.
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The general situation in Egypt had latterly become one in which everything was governed by sheer military violence.
He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
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