John Morley: “The error that lay at the root of our English misconception of the American struggle is now clear.”

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.

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.

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.

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.