John Morley: “Many are the difficulties in the way of applying Cavour’s formula of a free church in a free state, as most countries…”

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

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.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.

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