Imposing, lofty, persuasive, sage it would have been, from whatever lips it might have fallen; it was signal indeed as coming from one so fervid, so definite, so unfaltering in a faith of his own, one who had started from the opposite pole to that great civil principle of which he now displayed a grasp invincible.
Morley highlights the significance of a powerful speech delivered under challenging circumstances.
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This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.
But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
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