"...(a point historians repeatedly ignore, often operating with an ethics of success which blames losers for their failure)..." Schroeder, The Transformation, p 741.
Palmerston, regarding the Eastern Question and the great powers: "When this solution was within reach in 1839, Palmerston chose to discard it, thereby virtually guaranteeing that, whatever else would be gained, the main problem would persist and rise again in the future."
Palmerston chose Russia over France regarding the Near East crisis.
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