Yes, but that reproach will only have a sting in it, if you persuade me that Ireland with its history, the history of the Rebellion, Union and all the other chapters of that dismal tale, is exactly analogous to the 300 millions of people in India.
Morley defends his approach to Indian policy by contrasting it with the historical context of Ireland.
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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.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
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.
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