He will be remembered in connection with great passages of European policy not only as a man of singularly searching, large, and calm intelligence, but yet more as the just man, the man that used only true weights and measures, and ever held even the balance of his ordered mind.
Morley describes a statesman's remarkable intelligence and fairness, noting his lasting impact on European policy.
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Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
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