John Morley: “We cannot wait for the church of Ireland to make up her mind.”

What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.

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

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.