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Excerpt from The Sultan and the Powers
The first half of this volume consists of signed articles, revised and enlarged, which I contri buted to the Daily Chronicle in the end Of September and the first half of October. I received numerous letters from all parts Of the country, as did also the Editor Of the Daily Chronicle, urging that they Should be republished. On re-reading them for that purpose, I saw that a good deal more was needed to elucidate the. Subject, and the result is the present volume.
I have tried to be fair all round, and have striven to Obey the precept Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.' It would have been more agreeable to me to praise instead Of blaming men Whom I admire, and from Whom I have received undeserved kindnesses; and I can only plead - Si parcel licet componere magnis Aristotle's excuse for criticising his great master's doctrine Of Ideas. Where the interests of truth are actually at stake it is a duty to sacrifice in its defence the most valuable private possession, including precious friendships. Both are alike dear to us; but it is a religious duty to prefer truth.'
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