Mr.Goschen, then, is not seen at his best in these days when all his arguments can receive the triumphant and unanswerable retort of a majority in the division lobbies.

But still, the speech of Mr.Goschen on April 17th was an excellent one; it was really the first, since the beginning of this debate, which struck me as giving something to answer.

Acute, subtle, a dialectician to his finger-tips, Mr.Goschen is best as a critic, and as a bit of criticism, his attack on the Bill was excellent.

Mr.Morley found himself compelled for the first time for days to take serious notes; here at last were points which it was necessary to confront.

After all the dreary platitudes of many days, this was a mercy for which to be thankful.
[Sidenote: Randolph dull.] Lord Randolph Churchill, rising on the following evening, was not at his best.