Note 77 — WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE. ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS; DELIVERED AT WEST CALDER, NOVEMBER 27, 1879.
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Note 77, p. 341.—On the 9th of November, 1879, Lord Beaconsfield, at the Lord Mayor’s banquet, had expounded his imperial policy, and in the course of his speech had used the words “imperium et libertas.” The speech attracted great attention as an authoritative exposition of the Prime-Minister’s views on domestic and foreign affairs.