John Morley: “She hates war; and is not easy as to the future.”

But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.

Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.

How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?

Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.