John Morley: “It is in the national interest to reduce the outer signs of change, to…”

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It is in the national interest to reduce the outer signs of change, to bridge the apparent chasm, to maintain the traditional character of the state.

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John Morley

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Morley argues for the importance of maintaining traditional state characteristics during times of change.

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Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.

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John Morley: “It is in the national interest to reduce the outer signs of change, to bridge the apparent chasm, to maintain the…”