John Morley: “Many who wished well to the Northern cause despaired of its success.”

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.

What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.

An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.

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