If I were fifteen years younger than I am, how happy I would be to come over to my beloved England once more, and see you surrounded by your sons and daughters, loved, admired, I would almost say worshipped, by a whole grateful nation.
Morley expresses a nostalgic longing to return to England and be surrounded by loved ones, reflecting on the affection of the nation for its leaders.
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They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.
What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
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