...knowledge is extensive, various and profound. His mind is equally distinguished by the amplitude of his grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact. His speculations have none of the vagueness which is the common fault of political philosophy. On the contrary, they are strikingly...

...to lay 8 bare before us all the springs of motion and all the causes of decay. Mr. Hallam is, on 9 the whole, far better qualified than any other writer...His mind is equally distinguished by the amplitude 10 of its grasp, and by the delicacy of his tact. His speculations have none of that vagueness which...

...Books o) History, The Meaning o] History, p. 105. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND 1827 Mr. Hallam is, on the whole, far better qualified than any other...mind is equally distinguished by the amplitude of his grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact. His speculations have none of the vagueness which is the...

...recesses and to lay bare before us all the springs of motion and all the causes of- decay. Mr. Hallam is; on -the whole, far better qualified than any other writer of -oux time for the office which he has undertaken.. He has great industry and great acuteness. His knowledge...

...well-ordered emotions. Lack of tact is a serious handicap. Macaulay said of Hallam: "He had a mind distinguished by the amplitude of its grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact." The late King Edward and President McKinley were exemplars of tact. Another quality needed for successful...

...address your reader directly about the order in which you propose to deal with your material. 5 Middles His knowledge is extensive, various, and profound. His mind is equally distinguished hy the amplitude of its grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact. MACAULAY, OF HALLAM'S Constituttonal...