John Morley: “The credit of parliament and the sanctity of constitutional right were no supreme concern of his.”

Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.