John Morley: “Dec. 29.—The strangest feeling of all in me is a rebellion (I know not what else to call it) against growing old.”

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.

Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.

If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.

People still believe that Russian diplomats are particularly crafty and clever, full of artifices and stratagems, but that is not the case.