John Morley: “The question fills the public mind in an extraordinary degree, and we can hardly avoid some early step towards making…”

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

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.

I think any man who lays down a firm proposition that all is well, or any man who says that all is ill--either of those two men is probably wrong.

I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.