REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT.
Lord Salisbury, speaking in the House of Lords, said the secret of Mr Gladstone's extraordinary influence lay in the fact that all his efforts were inspired by a high moral ideal and the purest aspirations. He was an ex* ample of a great Christian, and the most distinguished politician of the century. Lord Rosebery, who was greatly overcome, delivered a magnificent panegyric. Mr A. J. Balfour (First Lord of the Treasury), in the House of Commons, said Mr Gladstone was the greatest member of the greatest deliberative assembly ia the world. Sir William Harcourt said the dead statesman always employed his divine gifts to high and noble ends. He left to the race an undying memory an 4 a precious inheritance of enduring^^ex* ample. .v&V-£
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Manawatu Herald, 24 May 1898, Page 2
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128REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT. Manawatu Herald, 24 May 1898, Page 2
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