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Encyclopedia of Marxism: Gladstone - A Marxist view of Gladstone's achievements.
Letter to a disgruntled tax-payer - Sent three days after his first Budget Speech, which was "one of the most wonderful passages of persuasive reasoning in the records of Parliament", but had failed to persuade this taxpayer why he should pay £2 1s. 8d. per annum extra.
The Election of 1885 and Home Rule for Ireland - A discussion of the events shown in letters of the time.
"To a Rejected Sonnet" - A sonnet by Gladstone.
Head of Gladstone - Statue at the Wool Exchange, Bradford.
Greenwich 2000: William Gladstone - William Ewart Gladstone 1809 - 1898. A clearly written piece, with timeline.
William Gladstone - A political history of Gladstone, with quotes, bibliography, a drawing of the young Gladstone, and a later cartoon by Tenniel.
Gladstone, William Ewart - In The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition.
Gladstone in Cornell University's 'Making of America' - An archive of letters and books by or about Gladstone; most viewable in facsimile or downloadable as (OCR) text. N.B. also click Next as most are on the next page.
Gladstone's Library - St Deiniol's in Flintshire was founded by Gladstone to contain his private library, which he gave to the nation. Britain's only residential library, the site includes how to get there and accommodation rates.
The Gladstone-Granville Correspondence 1868-1876 - Précis of the book by Agatha Ramm.
Famous Scots - William Ewart Gladstone - Although born in Liverpool, both Gladstone's parents were Scottish.
History of Home Rule for Ireland - Gladstone and the fight for Home Rule.
Timeline of William Ewart Gladstone's Life - Also contains links with further information on the various subjects mentioned.
A Brief Contemporary Biography - An article written on Gladstone by Thos. W. Herringshaw in 1888, from 'Prominent Men and Women of the Day'.
Portraits of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister - Index to 99 portraits and photographs of Gladstone at the National Portrait Gallery. Gladstone was a trustee of the Gallery.
William Ewart Gladstone - Burial site in in Westminster Abbey, portrait, biography, related interments, and interactive visitor comments from Find A Grave.
Encyclopedia - Gladstone, William Ewart - Introduction, early career, Prime Minister. "To many he represented the best qualities of Victorian England".
Encyclopedia.com - Gladstone, William Ewart - The dominant personality of the Liberal Party from 1868 to 1894. Prime minister four times. Free Trade, Irish Land Act, Reform Act. Disliked by Queen Victoria.
Politicians and Their Reading - Lord Jenkins, author of a recent Gladstone biography, on the reading habits of William Ewart Gladstone.
"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships." (Sharon Stone) Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with? -- Rita Rudner I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. -- Virginia Woolf However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my usual manner...sulking and nausea. -- Tom K. Ryan If ever I get married again it would have to be under an anaesthetic. -- Marie Tonkin Gladstone, William Ewart "A new baby is like the beginning of all things--wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities." (Eda J. Le Shan) Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger. -- Eleanor Roosevelt "A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much." (Mohandas Gandhi, In Search of the Supreme) Gladstone, William Ewart That government is best which governs least. -- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. -- Rita Mae Brown "It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing." (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises) Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. -- H. L. Mencken Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. -- John Stuart Mill Gladstone, William Ewart LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder... It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. -- Grace Hansen To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up. -- Ogden Nash Gladstone, William Ewart "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- Boies Penrose, 1931 I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. - John F. Kennedy when asked what is his favorite song Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate. -- Dave Barry Of the seven dwarves, only Dopey had a shaven face. This should tell us something about the custom of shaving. -- Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All Gladstone, William Ewart The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. -- Salvador Dali Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. -- Oscar Wilde "Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf." (Native American Proverb) Gladstone, William Ewart Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. -- Buddha Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. -- Herbert Spencer Work is the curse of the drinking class. -- Oscar Wilde We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. -- Abraham Maslow Gladstone, William Ewart Children are a poor man's riches. -- English proverb "If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Will to Power, 1888) Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War. 2) Advising the President. 3) D Gladstone, William Ewart What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. -- Abraham Lincoln We are the echo of the future. -- W. S. Merwin A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude. -- Oscar Wilde blah "You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs." (Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321) Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition. -- Jacques Barzun Gladstone, William Ewart "Where there's a marriage without love there will be love without marriage." (Benjamin Franklin) "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." (Thomas Paine) My good intentions are completely lethal. -- Margaret Atwood Gladstone, William Ewart In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar--a practice which is still continued. -- Helen Rowland Marriage is a trip between Niagara Falls and Reno. You will marry into an Indian tribe and become one big Hopi family. There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline. -- Michel de Montaigne "Yes, I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world." (Oscar Wilde) Gladstone, William Ewart The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. -- Oscar Wilde "Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas." (Anonymous) "There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it." (Christopher Darlington Morley) Gladstone, William Ewart Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. -- George Jean Nathan "A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones." (Cher) "Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details." (Andy Warhol, America, 1985) Good judgement comes from experience, and experience--well, that comes from poor judgement. -- Cousin Woodman "Nothing is permanent but change." (Heraclitus) Gladstone, William Ewart Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare. -- Joan Collins Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway whin he comes home late at night. -- Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley O A White House well filled, a little peanut field well tilled, and a wife who will go to the Bronx are great riches. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac Gladstone, William Ewart "The reward of a thing well done is having done it." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Anything too stupid to be said, is sung. -- Voltaire "Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it." (Colin Powell) Value your words. Each one may be the last. -- Stanislaw J. Lec Nothing says loving like marrying your cousin! -- Al Bundy Gladstone, William Ewart I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget. -- Adela Rogers St. John "Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong." (Muhammad Ali) An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her. -- Agatha Christie Gladstone, William Ewart "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." (Satchel Paige) A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -- Buke Ellington "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." (Henry B. Adams) There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. -- George Armstrong Custer I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away. -- Nancy Mitford Gladstone, William Ewart Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report. -- Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Information, South Africa For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. -- Winnie the Pooh, character from author A. A. Milne Gladstone, William Ewart A person should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -- Alexander Pope Why yes -- a bulletproof vest. -- James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad Honorable, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, ``the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur.' -- Bierce, A "Great spirits have always faced voilent protest from mediocre minds." (Albert Einstein) Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted. -- Albert Einstein Gladstone, William Ewart "The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet." (Andy Warhol) Marriage is a romance in which the heroine dies in the first chapter. -- Cecilia Egan "I run to see who has the most guts." (Steve Roland Prefontaine) Gladstone, William Ewart "This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." (Euripides) Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it. -- Max Frisch It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people. -- Gore Vidal Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. -- Tom Stoppard Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events. -- Robert A. Heinlein _The Rolling Stones_ Gladstone, William Ewart Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. - Friedrich Nietzsche "I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free." (Nikos Kazantzakis) A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune. -- Anonymous Gladstone, William Ewart
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