Quote#Heart
I have told you before that Gladstone has shown much heart in this…
Quote byRichard Cobden · 1804–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to John Bright (1860) on the negotiations for his free trade treaty with France, quoted in W. E. Williams, The Rise of Gladstone to the Leadership of the Liberal Party, 1859 to 1868 (1934), p. 20.
English (original)
I have told you before that Gladstone has shown much heart in this business. He has a strong aversion to the waste of money on our armaments. He has much more of our sympathies. He has more in common with you and me than any other man of his power in Britain.
— Richard Cobden
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