John Morley: “The former is in my opinion glaringly partial, and I shall never be a party to it.”

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.

They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.