It is, moreover, true that in the ever recurring eras when force, truculent and unabashed, sweeps aside the moral judgments of the world, the mere inscription of a pious opinion in a protocol may seem worth little trouble.
Morley reflects on the limitations of moral opinions in the face of aggressive force in history.
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Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?
To stint Ireland in power which might be necessary or desirable for the management of matters purely Irish, would be a great error; and if she was so stinted, the end that any such measure might contemplate could not be attained.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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