John Morley: “I firmly say this is not a reasonable condition, or a tenable demand, in the circumstances supposed.”

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.

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 would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.

Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?