John Morley: “The men of neither side in the eighteenth century knew what the history of opinion meant.”

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.

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.