John Morley: “Alas, the history of opinion is, in one of its most extensive branches, the history of error.”

I think any man who lays down a firm proposition that all is well, or any man who says that all is ill--either of those two men is probably wrong.

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.

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.