John Morley: “Franchise was the real question at stake, and to that branch of reform the bill was limited.”

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.

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

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.