Because a particular policy or principle is true and expedient and vital in certain definite circumstances, therefore it must be equally true and vital in a completely different set of circumstances.
Morley argues against the assumption that a policy effective in one situation is universally applicable to all situations.
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There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.
I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
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