John Morley: “This talk about the continental war, I for one regard as pure nonsense when aimed at magnifying our estimates.”

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

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

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

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.