John Morley: “The abstract and intellectual temperament is sometimes apt to be dogged and stubborn; on the other hand, it is often…”

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

Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.

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.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.