John Morley: “They have ceased either to trust or to distrust liberty, and have come to the mind that it matters little either way.”

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

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

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

If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.