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Excerpt from The Earl of Beaconsfield and the Conservative Reform Bill of 1867: A Lecture, Delivered at the Cambridge Reform Club, on Monday, November 13, 1876
Merely with candour, but if found to deserve the acceptance of the House and appear for the public advantage they will be accepted with gratitude. All this polite attention to an Opposition known to be in a majority reminds me irresistibly of an absurd advertisement I saw last summer in a German newspaper, which, with your permission, I will read: A young engaged couple, of extremely respectable family, agreeable appearance, polite manners, and cheerful disposition, but who do not possess the means of marrying, offer to a well-to-do elderly gentleman the opportunity, by furnishing the needful funds, of regarding himself as their family connection. Prepaid offers to be addressed to the editor of this journal. Let us slightly vary the terms of this engaging offer: A young Conservative Cabinet, of aristocratic composition, imposing aspect, courteous demeanour, and buoyant disposition, but which does not possess a Parliamentary majority, offers to in?uential members of the House of Commons who will guarantee it against loss of office on Parliamentary Reform, the Opportunity of considering themselves inscribed in its good books. Apply to the Conservative Whip.
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