“In the real business of life no one troubles himself much about 'moral titles.'”

—  Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

No one would dream of surrendering any practical security, for the advantages of which he is actually in possession, in deference of the a priori jurisprudence of a whole Academy of philosophers.
'The House of Commons', Quarterly Review, vol. 116 (July & October 1864), p. 263
1860s

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