The present assault, far from being destined to final triumph, is a sign of a mental movement, unsteady, though of extreme rapidity, but destined, perhaps, to elevate and strengthen the religion that it sought to overthrow.
Morley reflects on the resilience of religion in the face of challenges, suggesting that opposition can ultimately strengthen faith.
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I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.
What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
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