John Morley: “We will not be hurried into repression, any more than we will be hurried into the other direction.”

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.

The general situation in Egypt had latterly become one in which everything was governed by sheer military violence.

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

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.