I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet.

There are two kinds of success-initial and ultimate.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues & silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power & India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air & water would be taxed in India.

We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigour, can even at this hour save civilization.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

When we run out of money, we have to start thinking.