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Excerpt: ...calmer moments, he would himself be the first to ridicule. As an antidote to Mr. Chamberlain''s propaganda another meeting was planned under the auspices of a number… More...

Excerpt: ...calmer moments, he would himself be the first to ridicule. As an antidote to Mr. Chamberlain''s propaganda another meeting was planned under the auspices of a number of the great Highland proprietors, who gathered together to discuss matters at Castle Grant (Lord Seafield''s), the ideal home of a chieftain. To this conclave I was taken by my host, Lord Lovat, from Beaufort. Five chieftains were present, supported by five pipers, whose strains might have elicited echoes from the slopes of the farthest Grampians. Before the public meeting which was planned at Castle Grant took place I had left the Lovats'', being called by business to England; but I had not been long in London before an opportunity of political action was offered me, in a manner which I could not resist. My book Social Equality had, it seemed, so far achieved its object that a letter presently reached me, written on behalf of a number of students at the University of St. Andrews, asking me whether, could the requisite arrangements be made, I would 191 be willing, at the next election, to stand as Conservative candidate for the St. Andrews Boroughs, as the present member W. H. Mallock, Books, History, Memoirs Of Life And Literature Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; History / Europe / Ireland; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9781153829243

W.H. Mallock, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General Memoirs-of-Life-and-Literature~~William-Hurrell-Mallock General Books LLC The book has n… More...

W.H. Mallock, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General Memoirs-of-Life-and-Literature~~William-Hurrell-Mallock General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; History / Europe / Ireland; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

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