John Morley: “G. felt its pathos and its noble charm—so direct and simple, such benignity, such a good lesson to men to forget their…”

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.

But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

To stint Ireland in power which might be necessary or desirable for the management of matters purely Irish, would be a great error; and if she was so stinted, the end that any such measure might contemplate could not be attained.