Conservatism is the result of age and experience.

By the time your son takes a position in the world, he will have passed through many stages of Liberalism." Lord Earle devoutly believed it.

When the first shock of his disappointment was over, Ronald's political zeal began to amuse him.
He liked to see the boy earnest in everything.

He smiled when Ronald, in his clear, young voice, read out the speeches of the chief of his party.

He smiled when the young man, eager to bring theory into practice, fraternized with the tenant farmers, and visited families from whom his father shrunk in aristocratic dread.
There was little doubt that in those days Ronald Earl believed himself called to a great mission.