Above all, he had actually opened his electoral campaign with that famous declaration which was so long remembered: “The pacification of Ireland at this moment depends, I believe, on the concession to Ireland of the right to govern itself in the matter of its purely domestic business.
Morley emphasizes the importance of self-governance for Ireland in this declaration.
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No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
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