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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Maxims And Opinions Of Field-Marshal His Grace The Duke Of Wellington, Selected From His Writings And Speeches During A Public Life Of More Than Half A Century, by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Maxims And Opinions Of Field-Marshal His Grace The Duke Of Wellington, Selected From His Writings And Speeches During A Public Life Of More Than Half A Century Author: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Release Date: March 4, 2005 [EBook #15254] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAXIMS OF WELLINGTON *** Produced by Robert Connal, Graeme Mackreth and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Page images were generously made available by BNF/Gallica (http://gallica.bnf.fr). [Illustration: FIELD MARSHAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, K.G. COMMANDER IN CHIEF &c. &c. &c.] MAXIMS AND OPINIONS OF FIELD-MARSHAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, SELECTED FROM HIS WRITINGS AND SPEECHES DURING A PUBLIC LIFE OF MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. With a Biographical Memoir, BY GEORGE HENRY FRANCIS, ESQ. "Cujus gloriae neque profuit quisquam laudando, nec vituperando quisquam nocuit." LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER. GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET 1845. ADVERTISEMENT * * * * * So many works have already appeared of which the Duke of Wellington has been the subject, that an explanation is due to the public on the occasion of adding one more to the number. That explanation consists in the fact, that those works have been almost exclusively occupied with the military exploits of the Duke, which rendered him so illustrious during the first twenty years of his public life; while his political career, which may be said to have constituted a second life, distinct and different from the other, has been comparatively neglected. To meet the want thus left unsatisfied, the Editor of the following pages has endeavoured to supply materials, by which a just estimate may be formed of the Duke of Wellington's claims as a minister and as a statesman. The volume will be found to contain the Duke's deliberate opinions as
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