Whether you counted seats or counted votes, the result could not be twisted into anything but what it was—the vehement protest of one of the three kingdoms against the whole system of its government, and a strenuous demand for its reconstruction on new foundations.
Morley reflects on the political sentiment in Ireland regarding its governance.
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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.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.
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