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He received the verdict with perfect serenity and with a sense of unutterable relief, for his sufferings had been cruel.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “He received the verdict with perfect serenity and with a sense of unutterable relief, for his sufferings had been cruel.”
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Morley reflects on Gladstone's acceptance of his terminal illness with a sense of relief after enduring great suffering.
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I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
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.
No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
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