It is, however, more than this; for the regular commerce of peace is tameness itself compared with the gambling spirit which war, through the rapid shiftings and high prices which it brings, always introduces into trade.
Morley reflects on the disruptive economic effects of war compared to peaceful trade.
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I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
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