He should have been instead answering the inarticulate cry of the people for that leader.
No good man of my acquaintance is more powerfully convinced of the goodness of British nature.

He watches the British people with an abiding affection.

He believes that they possess, even those of them who appear most degraded and sordid, the foundational virtues of Christian character--a love of justice, an instinct for kindness, and faith in truth.

He knows that they are more capable than any other people in Europe of generous self-sacrifice, and that any absence of grace in their manner which must distress the superficial observer comes rather of a passion for honesty than a lack of beauty.

And this knowledge of his goes with the conviction that no man will ever appeal to the British nation in vain who bases his appeal on justice, fair play, and charity.
What a nation to lead! What an inspiration for a true leader! He is convinced that no moral appeal has ever been made to the British people in vain.