Chapter 15

Landed aristocracy, Gladstone's attitude towards,95Lords, House of, as representing,102Maine's knowledge of,31Political economy in regard to,90Lansdowne, Lord,96note[130]Lasaulx, Amelie von,73—— Ernest von,73Lassalle,97,213Lathbury, D. C.,24,26Laugel,11Laurent,76Laveleye,71,75-76,90Layard, Sir H. A.,80Lea, Mr., M.P.,83-84Lecky, "Eighteenth Century" by,50-51,115; estimate of,151-152;otherwise mentioned,70,80Lee, General,82andnote[106]Lefevre, Rt. Hon. J. G. Shaw,153Legitimacy,86,119,161Leibnitz,134,150Lenbach,22,103Leo XIII., Pope,80andnote[101],86,111Leslie, Cliffe,76,90Lesseps,169Letters—History dependent on,32Privacy of,41Leveson-Gower, F.,1,3,40,118Lewes, G. H.,60—— Mrs. (George Eliot),64Lewis, George,171Liberal party—Achievements of,xlGladstone—Dependence on, for cohesion,25,107,110,193Divergence from,13,16,46,158Future without,107,109,113noteHome Rule in relation to,194Liberalism—Aims of,94Definition of,71andnote[88]Gladstone, in relation to,111Nature of,lv,199Toryism permeated by,200Liberty—American realisation of,lviiAncient, three things lacking in,lviiContract, of,92Definitions of,xxvii-xxviii,71andnote[89]Division of power essential to,124End in itself,lviiEnds of,216Equality at expense of,lix"History of,"xviii,lv-lvi,6andnote[9],8; called "The Madonna ofthe Future,"126andnote[164],150Law of, aims of,93Mill on, reviewed by Acton,xxvii-xxviiiMinorities, security for, the test of,69,76Savonarola's martyrdom for,123Two worst enemies of,xxxLiddon, Canon, first meeting with,21; on Lord Carnarvon,24; verbalsubtlety of,46; on Rosmini,170-171andnote,176,180,184-185,187; Gladstone's attitude towards,182; suggestion of, for seeof London,201-204; anecdote of,204; at Tegernsee,213; estimateof,179-180,182-183,187,202-203; Döllinger's estimate of,182,191-192; otherwise mentioned,16,70Lightfoot, Bp.,70andnote[86],112,203Limerick, Lord,64,72Listowel, Lord,96note[130]Littleberries,25noteLittré,38London, conservatism of,118Londonderry, Lady,180Longfellow,5Lords, House of,see underParliamentLowder, Rev. Charles, Life of,151Lowe, Robert,seeSherbrookeLowell, J. R., reminiscences of,5-6; otherwise mentioned,30-32,70,83Lubbock, Sir John, estimate of,69; otherwise mentioned,67,68andnote[81],176Luther,lxvii,132Lyons, Lord,37,160Lyttelton, Alfred,112,157andnote,191—— Rev. the Hon. Arthur,54andnote[60],59andnote,146,152Lytton,20Macaulay—Brougham, on,47Cited,xvii; quoted,lxviiConversational power of,40Estimate of,59,210; estimate ofEssays and History,173Letter of, on Windsor Castle paper,116Taine on,52-53Writing of,45,57Otherwise mentioned,57,95,144,196MacCarthy, J. H.,68; "History "by,36MacColl, Canon,13,104andnote[138]Machiavelli,lxvii,144Mackintosh,57Maine, Sir Henry, disagreements with,29; on land tenure,31; onprimogeniture,119; on the government,209,212-213; estimate of,26,31; otherwise mentioned,70,118,181Maitland, Prof. F. W., cited,ix,lxxiii-lxxivMalebolge,143Malebranche,140Mallett, Sir Louis, on Afghanistan,78; illness of,125; moves toMentone,162; estimate of,4,27; otherwise mentioned,76,160Manning, Cardinal, ultramontanism of,xli,186-187; on Vaticandecrees,lii; correspondence of, with Acton,liv; influence lostby,lxxvi; protests against admission of Bradlaugh to Parliament,130note[169]; views of, on Borromeo,186-187; Wiseman succeededby,xliMarat,7Marriage—Deceased Wife's Sister Bill,169andnoteFemale Suffrage in regard to,181Maximilian, Archduke,xxxviii-xxxixandnoteMay, Sir T. Erskine, "Democracy in Europe" by, reviewed by Acton,lviii; otherwise mentioned,67,119,120Mazzini,xxix,210Men of the time, estimate of,122Mentone,151; Queen's villa at,126,128Mérimée, Prosper,53Mexico,xxx,xxxvii-xxxix"Middlemarch,"60,135Midhat Pacha,44,86andnoteMidlothian campaign (1880), personal victory in,8,9-10; campaign of1884,193andnote[233]Mignet,2Mill, J. S., on liberty, reviewed by Acton,xxvii-xxviii; otherwisementioned,48,71,94,110Milman,5Milner, Viscount,205andnote[252]Milnes, Monckton,41Milton,63Minghetti on Gladstone and Bismarck,lxiii; otherwise mentioned,4andnote[5],80andnote[103],123,174Minorities, protection of, a condition of liberty,lvi,69,76Mirabeau,7,47Mivart,129Molinism,131Molinos,137-138Mommsen,171Monck, Lord,118,120andnote[160]Monroe, President,198andnote[245]Montagu,127,132Montalembert,xix,57Montégut,165Montesquieu,6,93Montlosier, Comte de,120andnote[159]More,93Morier, at Seacot,190; criticisms by, on British foreign policy,192;estimate of,23,24,195,201,205,212Morley, Lord,98—— Arnold,212—— Rt. Hn. John, represented by Acton in House of Lords,lxv;Aldenham library presented to Cambridge University by,lxxiv;"Life of Burke" by,5; estimate of,19;Pall Mallunder,19,113;"Life of Cobden" by,111andnote,112-113; Jacobinism of,125;in Parliament,163; quoted, l; cited, lxii,208note; otherwisementioned,ix,8,24,41,43,65,70,72,119,164Morris,206Mortola (the poet), anecdote of,90Most,103andnote[133]Mozley, James,170——, John,158andnote[184],203Müller, Max,70,177Münster,13Myers, Ernest,162Napoleon I., Mme. de Rémusat on31-32,36; Lee compared with,82note[106]; otherwise mentioned, lxx,48,66,93,111Napoleon III.,xxxvii-xxxviiiNational pride,172Nationality,Home and Foreign Reviewarticle on,xxix-xxxNeander,146Nelson,lxxi-lxxiiNewman, Cardinal, retires from editorship ofRambler,xxvii; onVatican Decrees,lii,134; made a cardinal,lxxvi; verbal subtletyof,46; Life of, by Jennings,117; influence of,182; narrownessof set of,206; estimate of,lx,26,180; otherwise mentioned,44,70,87,146,171Newmarch,76Newton,6Nonconformists, Gladstone's alliance with,16North British Review,xlNorthbrook, Lord,108,190andnoteNorthcote, Sir S.,16,99O'Connell,47O'Donnell,21andnoteO'Hagan, John,111Opponents' case, statement of,193-194Ottley, Rev. E. B., cited,121Owen, Prof.,166,203Oxford, Acton's visit to,177andnote,178,196Oxford University—Acton made D.C.L. at (1889), and Honorary Fellow of All Souls'(1890),lxvVerbal refinements a product of,46Paget, Sir Augustus,80—— Dean,213andnote[264]—— Sir J., estimate of,26,77; otherwise mentioned,70andnote[87],79note,166Palgrave,59,84Pall Mall Gazette—Estimate of,19,24,89,113Jacobinism of,125Maine a contributor to,26Morley's editorship of,19,24,113Palmer, William,182Palmerston, Visct., on Treaty of Paris,xxi; Acton's disagreementwith,xxii; on French invasion,xxiv; party's relations with,114note; otherwise mentioned,46,47Panizzi, life of,53andnotePapacy,see underChurches—Roman CatholicParker, C. S.,54andnote[61]Parliament—Commons, House of—Consent of representatives in, a condition of free government,68Irish party in—Degrees among,74-75Liberal party dependent on,214Obstruction by,21,67; two kinds of,69Tory alliance with,209note[257]Obstruction in,21; two kinds of,69Outside influence on,101Procedure Rules, Gladstone's speech on,64andnote[71],125Weakness of, when near its end,19Debates in, few famous,75Lords, House of—Character of, as an institution,31,102Compensation for Disturbance Bill thrown out by,28andnotes,31Home Rule Bill in, prospects for,218Injury done by,103Interests of,102Irish Land Act, Committee of inquiry on, appointed by,125noteModification of,102Popular view of,95Radical attitude towards,201Taxation not in jurisdiction of,xxiiiUse of,101-102Parnell, C. S.,105,154,217Parties, evening, in Downing Street,19andnoteParty—Burke's policy regarding,14,49andnote[54]Government by, law of,95Ideas the justifying cause of,200Religious view of,199Pascal,6,93,146,207Pasquier,2Pasteur,152Patriotism,xxixPattison, Rev. Mark, Life of Milton by,5andnote; estimate of,206-207; otherwise mentioned,70,120—— Mrs. Mark,43Paul V., Pope,146Peel, Disraeli's attack on,114note; personal influence neglectedby,25; justification of,200; estimates of,45,47,56Peelites in 1859,xxiiPenjdeh,208andnotePersonsversusthings,6-7,14,85,109,200,206,210Petavius,207Pitt,45,46,56,93Pius V., Pope,liii,135Pius IX., Pope, Encyclical Letter against modern thought,xxxiv;death of,lxxvi; otherwise mentioned,xxxii,xlPlunket,47Political economy, changes in,89-90Politics—Complexity of,91Differences in, dependent on disagreement in moral principles,210Ecclesiastical principles in,51-52Ends of,216Moral basis of,96,107,210Parentage of,60Patriotism in,xxixReligion and, borderland of,104Religious view of,199Potter, T. B.,54,111,113,162Power, acquisition and maintenance of,14-15Prætorius,134Price, Bonamy,24,90,197andnote[241]Primogeniture,102,119Principles, self-identification with,85Probabilism,143Progress, conditions of,200"Progress and Poverty,"170note[202],175Property—Limitation to rights of,94Representation based on,180Puritans,147Pusey, Dr.,171,203Quakers, use of term,136,147Quarterly Review,50Quietists,139Radicalism,94Radicals, attitude of, towards House of Lords,201Radowitz,49Rambler,xxvii-xxviiiRammingen marriage,22Ranke,xixRauscher,xlixRaynaud,146Reay, Lady,85—— Lord,4,22,23,27,118,120,162Reeve, Henry,65andnote[73]Reform, nature of,92—— Bill (1884),178,181Religion—Antagonism founded in, an obstacle to sincerity,168Church, identification of, with,xxxiiFanaticism in,144History the true demonstration of,lxvii,167Key to actions provided by,167; unreliability of key,lii-liiiLiberalism the beginning of real,lvPolitics and, borderland of,104Scientific discoveries, attitude towards,xxxiiSubstitutes for,167,168Rémusat, Mme. de,30,31-32,36Renan, Ernest,6,152Renouf,182Renouf, Miss,173Representation, property the basis of,180Representative systems,101-102Retz,140Reviews, value of,83Richelieu,134,143,148Richter,70,82Ridding, Dr.,183Ripon, Marquis of,205Robespierre,8,22Rogers, Thorold,8andnote[13]Rome—"John Inglesant" in reference to,147Visit to (1881),79-80; (1882),122-123Roon,


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