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I threw overboard all my heavy armament and fought light.
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John Morley
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Editor's note · Context
Morley uses a metaphor to describe a strategic shift in his approach to debate.
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We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
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