He had none of that hot humility which is the fascination of saints and good men.

But he had a cold humility which he had discovered to be a mere essential of the intelligence." Such a humility, purely hygienic in character, is for Englishmen the beginning of wisdom on the Irish Question.

It is the needle's eye by which alone they can enter a city otherwise forbidden to them.

Let there be no misunderstanding.

The attitude of mind commended to them is not without its agreeable features.