Then his passion for economy, his ceaseless war against public profusion, his insistence upon rigorous keeping of the national accounts—in this great department of affairs he led and did not follow.
Morley commends Gladstone's commitment to fiscal responsibility and his leadership in managing national finances.
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If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
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