John Morley: “They had now a revelation what a fool’s paradise it had been.”

What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.

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

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?