Some partisans of imperial federation took it into their heads that the plan for Ireland would be fatal to a plan for the whole empire, though others more rationally conceived that if there was to be a scheme for the empire, schemes for its several parts must come first.
This quote captures the tension between imperial federation advocates and those concerned about local governance in Ireland.
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It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.
I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
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