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Finespun, Mr

The ChancelIor of the Exchequer before Plantagenet Palliser. The Duke of St. Bungay described him: “I admire his character and his genius, but I think him the most dangerous man in England as a statesman. He has high principles, -the very highest; but they are so high as to he out of sight to ordinary eyes. They are too exalted to he of any use for everyday purposes…. He has no instinct in politics, but reaches his conclusions by philoSophieal deduction.” Can You 59, So