John Morley: “Upon the whole, weak-kneed liberals have caused us more trouble in the present parliament than radicals.”

For this line of contention he was called an “unpatriotic trumpet of disaster,” and other names commonly bestowed on all men in all countries who venture to say that what chances for the hour to be a popular war is a blunder.

It is a case so to speak of “limited liability.” We are bound in honour—you cannot put a legal construction upon it—to see in concert with others that these arrangements are maintained.

If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.

Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.