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Show The London Lanrct believes that the excessive strain of parliamentary life had much to do in hastening the deaths of Mr. Smith and Mr. Paknell. "Different "Dif-ferent hours," it says, "a different tone of public discussion, a different bearing of public men toward each other, more like flint which obtains among men in com mon society, less heat and impulse in leaders, would alter for the better the whole character of our legislation, and would sensibly extend the lives of our best men." The case of Mr. Gladstone Is cited as exceptional, but even for him the" strain of party life is a danger more than his friends like to think of, and from which many would like to see him extricated. |