“It is but as yesterday," he claimed, "that darkness and solitude - cut off from the rest of mankind like the lepers of old - the dismal cell, the bed of straw, the iron chain, and the inhuman scourge, were the fearful lot of those who were best entitled to human pity and to human sympathy, as being the victims of the most dreadful of all mortal calamities.” HistoryEnglish HistoryMonarchy Of The UkShooters Book:Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy Source: Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy