Pero los equilibraban quienes, como Nassau Senior, se pronunciaron incluso en contra del alivio de las hambrunas: aunque un millón de personas muriesen en la Gran Hambruna Irlandesa, «eso no sería suficiente, ni mucho menos».
But they were balanced by those like Nassau Senior, who spoke out against even famine relief: Although a million people would die in the Irish Potato Famine, “that would scarcely be enough.”