Note

NOTE

WITH one exception, none of the extracts printed in this volume is later in date than 1934. It would certainly have been possible to have included material from the period after 1934, but it has been our purpose to illustrate the historical development of the Liberal tradition and for this reason it seemed better to stop before the Second World War and not to engage in political controversy about the future of Liberalism or of the Liberal Party.

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