John Morley: “But then this only illustrates the unwisdom of arguing about economic arrangements in the abstract.”

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?

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.

The plan for Ireland ought to be produced by the government of the day.

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.