Thirty-nine articles, the, defended, 354.

   Time, its importance in military operations, 81.

   Tithes, the most sacred kind of property, 260.

   Treaties, their ambiguity accounted for, 85.

   Troops, their subsistence must be certain, 82.

   Union, the, must be maintained, 480.

   Universal suffrage and the ballot dangerous, 427.

   Universities, the, their educational system the admiration of the
    world, 366.

   Victoria, H.M.  Queen, speech on her majesty’s marriage, 442.

   Vimiero, battle of, fought without mistakes, 96.

   War, when concluded, animosity should be forgotten, 88. 
     —­French predatory system, of 121. 
     —­A great country cannot wage a little war, 390.
     —­cannot be carried on with a peace establishment, 412.

   Waterloo, battle of, its effects, 130. 
     His disgust at them, 131.
     —­described to a soldier, 131. 
     A “pounding match,” 132.

   Wellington, the Duke of, memoir, 1-79. 
     His Indian services neglected, 94. 
     His reason for being prime minister, 141. 
     Speech on introducing the emancipation bill, 155-190. 
     Would sacrifice his life to prevent one month of civil war, 186. 
     His declaration against reform, 218. 
     Reasons for resigning in 1880, 233. 
     Speech on attempting to resume office, May 1882, 292-302. 
     Explanation of his “dictatorship,” in 1834, 349. 
     As a public man, stands on public grounds, 419. 
     His indifference to reports, 422. 
     Never said one thing and meant another, 435. 
     Not a war minister, 459.

   West Indian colonists, their short-sighted conduct, 394.

   William the Fourth, eulogium on, 384.

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