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After the extension of the franchise to the workmen, everybody felt, in a happy phrase of that time, that “we must educate our masters.” Outside events were supposed to hold a lesson.
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John Morley
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Morley reflects on the societal belief that education is essential for the newly enfranchised working class.
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