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It is not in the mere machinery of federation that insurmountable difficulties arise, but in satisfying ourselves that the national sentiment would supply steam enough to work the machinery.
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John Morley
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Morley asserts that the challenges of federation lie not in its structure but in the national sentiment needed to support it.
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