Redmond, in following, let fall an Obiter dictum on the position of the Irish controversy: "No one who observes the current of popular opinion in this country can doubt for one instant that if this opposition from the north-east corner of Ulster did not exist, Home Rule would go through to-morrow as an agreed Bill."
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
But all this is Obiter dicta.
"The Young Man and the World"
Albert J. Beveridge
When one throws off a subtly philosophic Obiter dictum one looks to the discerning critic to supply the meaning.
"The Mystery of 31 New Inn"
R. Austin Freeman