John Morley: “There is no fear of anything in the nature of a rising, but if murders continue, a general panic may arise and greatly…”

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.

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.