What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.
Morley reflects on the necessity of adapting to public opinion in political decisions, using King George III as an example.
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Gladstone protested against the bill as “inequitable, unusual, and unwise,” and it was largely modified in committee.
Can wool repair The colours that it lost when soaked with dye?
A rendering less apt for this occasion finds favour with some scholars, that true virtue can never be restored to those who have once fallen away from it.
If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
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