Stephen Leacock,
Literary Lapses — Aristocratic Education
(1910)
“ He accepted it and would like it understood that the words isosceles triangle were not meant in any offensive sense.Lord Rosebery spoke at some length. He considered the clause unfair to Scotland, where the high state of morality rendered education unnecessary. Unless an amendment in this sense was accepted, it might be necessary to reconsider the Act of Union of 1707.The Leader of the Government said that Lord Rosebery's amendment was the best he had heard yet. The Government accepted it at once. They were willing to make every concession. ”
