"Kandahar" Quotes from Famous Books
... in the matter of the cotton duties (in which he defended native Indian manufactures as against hostile Manchester interests); the Vernacular Press Act, the necessity for which he fully recognised; and the retention of Kandahar, for which he recorded his vote in a strong minute. In all these three cases, which are typical of many others, his opinion was overruled, but having been carefully and deliberately formed, ... — The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa |