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.
Morley critiques the lack of sustainable governance in the changes made to Ireland.
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What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.
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