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Show The revival of the home rule question has recalled re-called some stdries of the late Lord Morris, the witty Irish judge. On one occasion, he defined or explained home rule in the following fashion: "Well, d'ye see now, this is what home rule is. We've been taken into partnership in a wealthy firm an' we have our nan' in the till, an' nothin' will do us but to start a little shebeen of our own." Lady Aberdeen once asked Lord Morris how many of the company were home rulers at a certain cer-tain Dublin Castle function. "Indeed, thin," he replied, "there's just yerself an' the waiters." At a London dinner party the Irish difficulty was being discussed and it was noticed that Lord Morris, the only Irishman present, was keeping a cynical silence. Being challenged directly for his opinion, he said: "Well, d'ye see whin a stupid people try to govern a clever people there'll always be some difficulty in it. An' that's just the Irish difficulty." |