At last the time for speaking, and therefore for formulating my ideas came, and I have spoken according as I believe to be the sense of all the leading men with whom I acted from Peel’s death onwards, and within the sense not only of Lord Macaulay, but of the present Lord Grey.
Morley articulates the moment he felt compelled to express his political ideas, influenced by notable figures.
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