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John Morley: But to have laboured within the measure of justice for the Greece of the future, is one of my happiest political…

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But to have laboured within the measure of justice for the Greece of the future, is one of my happiest political recollections, and to have been trained in a partial knowledge of the Greece of the past has largely contributed to whatever slender faculties I possess for serving my own country or my kind.
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John Morley

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Morley reflects on his political experiences and the influence of Greece on his abilities to serve his country.

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