Historical and Political Essays

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Excerpt from Historical and Political EssaysWhen Mr. Lecky had finished his last work, The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland, ' he did not intend to write another long book. His health was broken he had said most of what he wished to say. But he proposed collect ing in a volume a few Essays which he had written at different times. As concentration was to him one of the first conditions of good work, he did not often allow his attention to be diverted from the book he was writing by giving addresses or contributing articles to reviews or magazines, unless he had some special reason for doing...