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John Morley: “Yet household suffrage at this very time had immensely increased the moral strength of the House of Commons.”

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Yet household suffrage at this very time had immensely increased the moral strength of the House of Commons.
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John Morley

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Morley notes the significant impact of household suffrage on the political strength of the House of Commons during this period.

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