John Morley: “I am aware that the age is not what we all wish, but I am sure that the only means to check its degeneracy is heartily…”

But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.

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.

Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.