Fiscal Reform

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Excerpt from Fiscal Reform: Speeches Delivered by the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour, M. P., From June 1880 to December 1905Any volume consisting mainly of speeches, of speeches all upon one subject, and of speeches for the most part uncorrected, requires an apology from its compiler. The apology which I have to offer is that by collecting in a shape convenient for reference my various utterances on fiscal policy I earn the gratitude of two numerous and deserving classes in the community - those who wish to have easy access to one side, at least, of the controversy, and those in search of materials wherewith to attack the author. Both will be saved, by this otherwise inexcusable proceeding, from the annoyance and trouble of grubbing among old newspapers or dust-begrimed Hansards, and in consideration for so great a relief they will perhaps forgive me for making no effort to turn the volume into anything even distantly resembling literature. The attempt must have been laborious, since it is much harder work correcting speeches than making them. It would also have been vain, since no amount of linguistic pruning will convert a mediocre speech into a tolerable essay.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.