Those who were moved by professional ambition, those whose object was social advancement, those who thought only of upright public service, the keen party men, the men who aspired to office, the men with a past and the men who looked for a future, all alike found themselves adrift on dark and troubled waters.
Morley reflects on the diverse motivations of politicians during a tumultuous time in politics.
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What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
The plan for Ireland ought to be produced by the government of the day.
If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.
All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.
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