John Morley: “But, looking to Irish interests, I think a Parnellite Ireland infinitely better than a divided Ireland.”

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

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.

This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.