John Morley: “I tend to harden in my own view, principle and precedent seeming to me alike clear.”

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

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

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.