He felt the mortification of an honourable man at the trick, of which he had allowed himself to be made the dupe in the case of the Alabama.
John Morley: “He felt the mortification of an honourable man at the trick, of which he had allowed himself to be made the dupe in the…”
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Morley reflects on the feelings of an honorable man who feels deceived in a political context.
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Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.
Yet he had prepared this document for the very purpose of tempting France into a declaration of war.
For this line of contention he was called an “unpatriotic trumpet of disaster,” and other names commonly bestowed on all men in all countries who venture to say that what chances for the hour to be a popular war is a blunder.
It is a case so to speak of “limited liability.” We are bound in honour—you cannot put a legal construction upon it—to see in concert with others that these arrangements are maintained.





