I suspect that the pressure of the press and of public opinion really became too strong for him.

And, of course, the Peace-Dream blew up--was torpedoed, mined, shot, captured, and killed.

I trust, too, much enlightenment will be furnished by the two Commissions now in Washington[56].

Yet it's comical to think of the attitude of the poor old Department last September and its attitude now.

But thank God for it! Every day now brings a confession of the blank idiocy of its former course and its long argument! Never mind that, so long as we are now right.
I have such a sense of relief that I almost feel that my job is now done.