I do not know much, of the interior side of court gossip, but I have a very bad opinion of it, and especially on this ground, that while absolutely irresponsible it appears to be uniformly admitted as infallible.
Morley expresses skepticism about the reliability of court gossip, emphasizing its irresponsible nature.
Share
More from John Morley
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.
All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.
Other voices in this conversation
