John Morley: “Her Majesty’s government, therefore, could not pretend to blame the King of Sardinia for assisting them.”

They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.

I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.

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

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.