“ Great satisfaction is felt by us because by some lucky conjunction of affairs our man, whom we never saw, is made Lord-Lieutenant of a county, instead of another man, of whom we know as little. ”
Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux (1874). copy citation
Author | Anthony Trollope |
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Source | Phineas Redux |
Topic | satisfaction feeling |
Date | 1874 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18640/18640-h/18640-h.htm |
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“The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. And by practice this becomes extended to so many branches, that the delights,—and also the disappointments,—are very widespread. Great satisfaction is felt by us because by some lucky conjunction of affairs our man, whom we never saw, is made Lord-Lieutenant of a county, instead of another man, of whom we know as little. It is a great thing to us that Sir Samuel Bobwig, an excellent Liberal, is seated high on the bench of justice, instead of that time-serving Conservative, Sir Alexander McSilk. Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics.”
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