It would be certainly opposed to my convictions and determination, to attempt to lead anything like a home rule opposition, and to make this subject—the strife of nations—the dividing line between parties.
Morley states his opposition to leading a home rule opposition, emphasizing his convictions.
Share
More from John Morley
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?
I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
Other voices in this conversation
