It was therefore not in any degree from temper, but from principle,--from as pure, as high, and as noble a sense of duty as ever actuated a man in public life,--that Lord George Bentinck ultimately resolved that it was impossible for him to refuse to vote for the removal of what are commonly called Jewish disabilities.
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli describes Bentinck's principled decision to vote for the removal of Jewish disabilities.
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