Upon the whole, he argued, it was not too much to say that for practical purposes the Lords had destroyed the work of the House of Commons, unexampled as that work was in the time and pains bestowed upon it.
Morley argues that the House of Lords effectively nullified the significant work done by the House of Commons.
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I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.
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