Life of Walter Quintin Gresham, Vol. 1 of 2: 1832-1895 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gresham, Matilda

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ISBN 10: 1331548241 ISBN 13: 9781331548249

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Life of Walter Quintin Gresham, Vol. 1 of 2: 1832-1895

The marshalling of the facts has been my part of the work. I have taken the evidence, have sifted it, and have presented it, just as I should prepare a brief for the court. But the facts themselves, and the deductions and conclusions, have come from the unclouded memory and clear mind of my mother, Matilda Gresham, the best informed witness obtainable and, I submit, competent. We have had to take into account the Editors and Censors, and we have bowed to their will and their judgment in some things where perhaps they were right and perhaps they were wrong. It has been hard to convince the Editors and the Censors that the woman was telling the story, and that her own life experiences and environments and prejudices fitted her for the task.

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Excerpt from Life of Walter Quintin Gresham, Vol. 1 of 2: 1832-1895

Lord Macaulay, in one of his essays, said that many of the English statesmen of his own and of earlier times were wanting in practical administrative ability by reason of 1 their logistic powers, - their ability to refine and distinguish. Their very talents hampered them and their followers in reaching a conclusion, especially the right one, to which their less gifted and learned, but practical and clear headed, associates readily turned.² Of Macaulays own treatment of Warren Hastings and Judge Impey, Judge Stephens said: "I think Macaulay made use of the ambiguous expressions because he was afraid of being definite for fear of being wrong."

The career of Walter Quintin Gresham was before all else that of a lawyer and judge. Definiteness he insisted on - definiteness of fact, of statement, of decision. That definiteness in affairs of State brought him criticism that he enjoyed - he was no diplomat. In this presentation of his life, therefore, the aim has been to be specific, and to make no statement which could not be corroborated by the evidence.

The marshalling of the facts has been my part of the work. I have taken the evidence, have sifted it, and have presented it, just as I should prepare a brief for the court. But the facts themselves, and the deductions and conclusions, have come from the unclouded memory and clear mind of my mother, Matilda Gresham, the best informed witness obtainable and, I submit, competent. We have had to take into account the Editors and Censors, and we have bowed to their will and their judgment in some things where perhaps they were right and perhaps they were wrong. It has been hard to convince the Editors and the Censors that the woman was telling the story, and that her own life experiences and environments and "prejudices" fitted her for the task.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331548241
• ISBN 13: 9781331548249
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 478