John Morley: “Suppose you find plague is conveyed by a flea upon a rat, and suppose you are dealing with a population who object to…”

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

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

What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.

My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.