62/67 It will not stir even for the third volume of the Prince Consort's Life. But I am very sorry about it all, for the damage to the Conservative party from the lost opportunity of playing a great and honourable part is, I fear, irretrievable." "December 27th, 1877 .-- The accounts from Bulgaria and Armenia turn me sick. These sheep, what have they done? The management of human affairs will be much improved when the people tell their respective Cabinets that if there is fighting to be done the Cabinets must fight themselves, and that the result shall be accepted as final. Nine out of ten great wars might have been settled that way with equal advantage so far as the consequences were concerned, and to the infinite relief of poor humanity." "March 10th, 1878 .-- I met Lord D.at the club the other night. |