England was absorbed in a single contemplation.
Wallingham, though he still supported the disabilities of a right honourable evangelist with a gospel of his own, was making astonishing conversions; the edifice of the national economic creed seemed coming over at the top.

It was a question of the resistance of the base, and the world was watching.
"Cruickshank says if the main question had been sprung a month ago we wouldn't have gone over.

As it is, on several points we've got to wait.
If they reject the preferential trade idea over there we shall have done a little good, for any government would be disposed to try to patch up something to take the place of imperial union in that case; and a few thousands more for shipping subsidies and cheap cablegrams would have a great look of strengthening the ties with the colonies.

But if they commit themselves to a zollverein with us and the rest of the family you won't hear much more about the need to foster communications.
Communications will foster themselves." "Just so," remarked John Murchison.

"They'll save their money." "I wouldn't think so before--I couldn't," Lorne went on, "but I'm afraid it's rather futile, the kind of thing we've been trying to do.