It was difficult for the ruler who had risen to power by bloodstained usurpation and the perfidious ruin of a constitution, to keep in step with a statesman, the inspiring purpose of whose life was the deliverance of his country by the magic of freedom.
Morley reflects on the challenges faced by a ruler who came to power through violent means, contrasting them with a statesman's noble pursuit of freedom.
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An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
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