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John Morley: “Gladstone (March 28, ’68): “The Irish establishment is a great wrong.”

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Gladstone (March 28, ’68): “The Irish establishment is a great wrong.
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John Morley

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Morley quotes Gladstone expressing his view on the injustices of the Irish Church establishment.

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