Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Quote
There are marks of hurry which in so old a man are inexplicable. I suppose he still cherishes his belief in an early monastic retreat from this wicked world—and is feverishly anxious to annihilate all his enemies before he takes it.
On gladstone
letter to Arthur Balfour, 16 June 1880; compare churchill
