I took a risk--we took it--with eyes open.

I have--we have--not merely taken the risk but made the sacrifice.

If the choice were to be made to-morrow, I would do it all over again.
"I have had my surfeit of public life.

My modest ambition would be to serve in some quite humble capacity under the first Unionist Prime Minister of Ireland." As to other sacrifices, in the way of concessions, he recited the list of what had been agreed to--proposals so strangely undemocratic--the nomination of members of Parliament, the disproportionate powers given to a minority.

"Shall we not be denounced for making them ?" he asked.
On the other hand, what sacrifices had been made by the Southern Unionists?
These were the men who had had the hardest battle to fight in the struggle over Home Rule.