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Phineas Redux

Chapter 9 THE DEBATE.

Word Count: 1827    |    Released on: 30/11/2017

ould be renewed. There seemed to prevail an opinion during this interval that Mr. Gresham had been imprudent. It was acknowledged by all men that no finer speech than tha

be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith. Whether or not this be a reason the more for preferring the calm and tranquil man may be doubted; but the calm and tranquil man is prefe

the Exchequer under him, and Mr. Ratler. But he went amidst no congregation of Liberals, and asked for no support. He told Ratler that he wished gentlemen to vote altogether in accordance with their opinions; and it came to be whis

s the transactions of the Cabinet are of necessity secret. Lord Drummond at the War Office, and Mr. Boffin from the Board of Trade, did, however, actually resign; and Mr. Boffin's explanations in the House were heard before the debate was resumed. Mr. Boffin had certainly not joined the present Ministry,-so he said,-with the view of destroying the Church. He had no other remark to make, and he was sure that t

imself almost felt that he loved the Church. Only two resignations;-whereas it had been expected that the whole House would fall to pieces! Was it possible that these earls, that marquis, and the two dukes, and those staunch old Tory squires, should remain in a Government pledged to disestablish the Church? Was all the honesty, all the truth of the great party confined to the bosoms of Mr. Boffin and Lord Drummo

em. It must always be so when measures of Reform are advocated by a Conservative Ministry. There will always be a number of untrained men ready to take the gift without looking at the giver. They have not expected relief from the hands of Greeks, but will take it when it comes from Greeks or Trojans. What would Mr. Turnbull s

em inappropriate to religion. Education would receive the bulk of what was left after existing interests had been amply guaranteed. There would be no doubt,-so said these gentlemen,-that ample funds for the support of an Episcopal Church would come from those wealthy members of the body to whom such a Church was dear. There seemed to be a conviction that clergymen under the new order of things would be much better off than under the old. As to the connection with the State, the time f

beny as a Minister of the Crown. He was not in the habit of attaching himself specially to any Minister of the Crown. Experience had taught him to doubt them all. Of all possible Ministers of the Crown at this period, Mr. Daubeny was he thought perhaps the worst, and the most dangerous. But the thing now offered was too good to be rejected, let it come from what quarter it would. Indeed,

for many years entertained a doubt. He could not allow it to be said of him that he had voted for the permanence of the Church establishment, and he must therefore support the Government. Then Ratler whispered a few words to his neighbour: "I kn

orshipped by a small number of adherents than was Mr. Gresham now; but such worship will not support power. Within the three days following the division the Ratlers had all put their heads together and had resolved that the Duke of St. Bungay was now the only man who could keep the party together. "But who

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1 Chapter 1 TEMPTATION.2 Chapter 2 HARRINGTON HALL.3 Chapter 3 GERARD MAULE.4 Chapter 4 TANKERVILLE.5 Chapter 5 MR. DAUBENY'S GREAT MOVE.6 Chapter 6 PHINEAS AND HIS OLD FRIENDS.7 Chapter 7 COMING HOME FROM HUNTING.8 Chapter 8 THE ADDRESS.9 Chapter 9 THE DEBATE.10 Chapter 10 THE DESERTED HUSBAND.11 Chapter 11 THE TRUANT WIFE.12 Chapter 12 K NIGSTEIN.13 Chapter 13 I HAVE GOT THE SEAT. 14 Chapter 14 TRUMPETON WOOD.15 Chapter 15 HOW WELL YOU KNEW! 16 Chapter 16 COPPERHOUSE CROSS AND BROUGHTON SPINNIES.17 Chapter 17 MADAME GOESLER'S STORY.18 Chapter 18 SPOONER OF SPOON HALL.19 Chapter 19 SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY.20 Chapter 20 PHINEAS AGAIN IN LONDON.21 Chapter 21 MR. MAULE, SENIOR.22 Chapter 22 PURITY OF MORALS, FINN. 23 Chapter 23 MACPHERSON'S HOTEL.24 Chapter 24 MADAME GOESLER IS SENT FOR.25 Chapter 25 I WOULD DO IT NOW. 26 Chapter 26 THE DUKE'S WILL.27 Chapter 27 AN EDITOR'S WRATH.28 Chapter 28 THE FIRST THUNDERBOLT.29 Chapter 29 THE SPOONER CORRESPONDENCE.30 Chapter 30 REGRETS.31 Chapter 31 THE DUKE AND DUCHESS IN TOWN.32 Chapter 32 THE WORLD BECOMES COLD.33 Chapter 33 THE TWO GLADIATORS.34 Chapter 34 THE UNIVERSE.35 Chapter 35 POLITICAL VENOM.36 Chapter 36 SEVENTY-TWO.37 Chapter 37 THE CONSPIRACY.38 Chapter 38 ONCE AGAIN IN PORTMAN SQUARE.39 Chapter 39 CAGLIOSTRO.40 Chapter 40 THE PRIME MINISTER IS HARD PRESSED.41 Chapter 41 I HOPE I'M NOT DISTRUSTED. 42 Chapter 42 BOULOGNE.43 Chapter 43 THE SECOND THUNDERBOLT.44 Chapter 44 THE BROWBOROUGH TRIAL.45 Chapter 45 SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MR. EMILIUS.46 Chapter 46 THE QUARREL.47 Chapter 47 WHAT CAME OF THE QUARREL.48 Chapter 48 MR. MAULE'S ATTEMPT.49 Chapter 49 SHOWING WHAT MRS. BUNCE SAID TO THE POLICEMAN.50 Chapter 50 WHAT THE LORDS AND COMMONS SAID51 Chapter 51 YOU THINK IT SHAMEFUL. 52 Chapter 52 MR. KENNEDY'S WILL.53 Chapter 53 NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR.54 Chapter 54 THE DUCHESS TAKES COUNSEL.55 Chapter 55 PHINEAS IN PRISON.56 Chapter 56 THE MEAGER FAMILY.57 Chapter 57 THE BEGINNING OF THE SEARCH58 Chapter 58 THE TWO DUKES.59 Chapter 59 MRS. BONTEEN.60 Chapter 60 TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TRIAL.61 Chapter 61 THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL.62 Chapter 62 LORD FAWN'S EVIDENCE.63 Chapter 63 MR. CHAFFANBRASS FOR THE DEFENCE.64 Chapter 64 CONFUSION IN THE COURT.65 Chapter 65 I HATE HER! 66 Chapter 66 THE FOREIGN BLUDGEON.67 Chapter 67 THE VERDICT.68 Chapter 68 PHINEAS AFTER THE TRIAL.69 Chapter 69 THE DUKE'S FIRST COUSIN.70 Chapter 70 I WILL NOT GO TO LOUGHLINTER. 71 Chapter 71 PHINEAS FINN IS RE-ELECTED.72 Chapter 72 THE END OF THE STORY OF73 Chapter 73 PHINEAS FINN RETURNS TO HIS DUTIES.74 Chapter 74 AT MATCHING.75 Chapter 75 THE TRUMPETON FEUD IS SETTLED.76 Chapter 76 MADAME GOESLER'S LEGACY.77 Chapter 77 PHINEAS FINN'S SUCCESS.78 Chapter 78 THE LAST VISIT TO SAULSBY.79 Chapter 79 AT LAST-AT LAST.80 Chapter 80 CONCLUSION.