John Morley: “If we are to talk about 'popular histories,' the writer who distances every competitor by an immeasurable distance is…”

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.

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

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.

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?