True he had changed from conservative to liberal in general politics, but when he was conservative, that party was the economic party, “Peel its leader being a Cobdenite.” To assent to this new outlay in time of peace was to revolutionise policy.
Morley reflects on Gladstone's political evolution and the implications of changing party affiliations.
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But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
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