text_original: All this assumption, however reasonable and natural, did not find warrant in the events that actually took place. 148 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. oh. vi r. It would have been better of course if the Govern  ment had assumed that Parliament and the public generally knew nothing about the Prince and his ancestry, or the constitutional penalties for a member of the Royal Family marrying a Catholic, and had formally announced that the choice of Queen Yictoria had happily fallen on a Protestant.
text_transcription: ALL THIS ASSUMPTION HOWEVER REASONABLE AND NATURAL DID NOT FIND WARRANT IN THE EVENTS THAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OF COURSE IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD ASSUMED THAT PARLIAMENT AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PRINCE AND HIS ANCESTRY WERE THE CONSTITUTIONAL PENALTIES FOR A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY MARRYING A CATHOLIC AND HAD FORMERLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE CHOICE OF QUEEN VICTORIA HAD HAPPILY FALLEN ON A PROTESTANT
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