ABSTRACT
PRO LO G U E: T H E M AN A N D T H E STATESM AN
T he Fates, proverbially capricious in their treatm ent o f mortals, are never m ore prone to exhibit caprice than in the case o f those unwary individuals w ho mingle in great affairs, w ho meddle w ith the mysteries o f govern ment. Am ong the victims o f their waywardness no t the least conspicuous is Lord Casdereagh.
