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Epilogue

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Gladstone

Part of the book series: British History in Perspective ((BHP))

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[T]he English Government under [Gladstone’s] guidance might be compared to the Athenian Government under the guidance of Pericles: ‘it was nominally a democracy, but in reality the supremacy of the first citizen.’ 1

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© 2000 Eugenio F. Biagini

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Biagini, E.F. (2000). Epilogue. In: Gladstone. British History in Perspective. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-87867-3_8

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