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Benjamin Disraeli: “The field is legitimately open to speculation where all agree that all is hopeless.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
The field is legitimately open to speculation where all agree that all is hopeless.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli observes that when a situation is universally deemed hopeless, it opens the door for new, speculative approaches.

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