Benjamin Disraeli: “No series of parliamentary labours had ever produced so much influence in the country in so short a time.”

But the human mind cannot contemplate the idea that the most important deed of time could depend upon human will.

But though a chief landlord, or a stipendiary magistrate, may occasionally be sacrificed, the great majority of victims are furnished by the humblest class.

They baffle the forethought of statesmen, and control even the apparently inflexible laws of national development and decay.

It should not be forgotten that the most authentic and interesting histories are those which have been composed by actors in the transactions which they record.