John Morley: “Is not the difference to be explained by the difference in the surrounding medium, and what is the effect of such an…”

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.

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

We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.