Error, of course, there is always in all human affairs—­error of conception, error of statement, error of manner, error of weakness, error of partisanship.  We do not deny that, but strip both the great political Parties which to-day present themselves before the people of Britain, strip them of their error, strip them of that admixture of error which cloys and clogs all human action, divest them of the trappings of combat in which they are apparelled, let them be nakedly and faithfully revealed.  If that were done, cannot we feel soberly and assuredly convinced that, on the main contested issues of the day, upon the need of social organisation, upon the relations between the two Houses of Parliament, upon the regulation and control of the liquor traffic, upon a national settlement with Ireland as we have made with Africa, upon Free Trade, upon the land—­upon all of them separately, still more upon all of them together, if we ask ourselves in our most silent and reflective mood alone—­cannot we feel a sober conviction that, on the whole, we hold the larger truth?

Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.

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