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 and decisions on important occasions. But then, again, this is only possible when the cabinet, that is the government itself, is near the theatre of war, so that things can be settled without a serious waste of time.'

7. Sorel, L'Europe et la Révolution francaise.

In the first volume there are passages treating of La Raison d'État; Les Règles de Conduite; La Foi des Traités; Le Système de l'Équilibre; La Diplomatie; Ruine de l'Europe.

8. James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury (1746–1820), Diaries and Correspondence.

The work is an established and indispensable authority for an understanding of the diplomacy of the times of which it treats. It contains much that is of value bearing on internal politics both in Britain and in Continental States, and on the influence of the constitutional system and of domestic politics upon the conduct of foreign policy.

Malmesbury gave advice to a young man 'destined for the foreign line'. His grandson had doubts whether the maxims then enunciated were wholly applicable a generation later.

g. Bernard (Mountague), Four Lectures on Subjects connected with Diplomacy.