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The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution.
William E. Gladstone
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William E. Gladstone
Age: 88 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1898
Died: May 19
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William Gladstone
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W. E. Gladstone
The Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone
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I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.
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I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards.
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