John Morley: “We are reminded how vast a space in our ever-dwindling days is consumed by social invitations and the discovery of…”

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.

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.

Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.

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.