Burke’s famous mosaic, but we are a mosaic in solution, that is to say, a kaleidoscope.(27) When the instrument turns, the separate pieces readjust themselves, and all come out in perfectly novel combinations.
Morley uses a metaphor to describe the complexity and fluidity of political discussions.
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There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
The plan for Ireland ought to be produced by the government of the day.
It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.
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