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It is a system as completely centralised and bureaucratic as that with which Russia governs Poland, or as that which prevailed in Venice under the Austrian rule.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgIt is a system as completely centralised and bureaucratic as that with which Russia governs Poland, or as that which prevailed in Venice under the Austrian rule.
Morley compares the bureaucratic governance of Ireland to oppressive regimes in history.
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