It is incumbent upon them loyally to accept the principle that these measures involve the surrender of some portion of the authority and control which they now exercise, and some modifications of the methods of administration.
Morley insists on the necessity for government officers to accept changes in authority and administration methods.
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Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.
To stint Ireland in power which might be necessary or desirable for the management of matters purely Irish, would be a great error; and if she was so stinted, the end that any such measure might contemplate could not be attained.
Could ministers justify abandonment, without far stronger evidence than they then possessed that they could not govern the Transvaal peaceably?
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
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