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Self-government, when it was conceded, ought to have been conceded as part of a great policy of imperial consolidation.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgSelf-government, when it was conceded, ought to have been conceded as part of a great policy of imperial consolidation.
Morley argues that self-government should have been part of a broader imperial strategy, not an afterthought.
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