Again, what other nation was charged with the same responsibility in the exercise of its moral influence abroad, in the example it is called upon to set, in the sympathy it must feel with the cause of right and justice and constitutional freedom wherever that cause is at issue?
Morley questions the moral obligations of nations in their foreign influence and actions.
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But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
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.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
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.
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