John Morley: “If we have committed gross errors, it has been owing to an excess much more than to a defect of professional influence…”

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

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