If we had some sense here other than to quarrel for miserable places we should buy some of the colonies of the Portuguese, it would do an immense amount of good for many of our young officers who we have no means of employing usefully, we want elbow room and it is not probable we shall get it in Europe.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If we had some sense here other than to quarrel for miserable places we should buy some of the colonies of the Portuguese, it would do an immense amount of good for many of our young officers who we have no means of employing usefully, we want elbow room and it is not probable we shall get it in Europe." in the context of "Early Belgian colonial Efforts: The long and fateful shadow of Leopold I, Page 63 Leopold to Victoria, 26 March 1847, APR, copy, original by permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, at RA (RA VIC/Y 73/35)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.