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We too suffer under the power of the landlord, but we cannot adopt this as a method of breaking it. 4.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “We too suffer under the power of the landlord, but we cannot adopt this as a method of breaking it. 4.”
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Morley acknowledges the struggles of the Irish people under landlord power while rejecting violent methods of resistance.
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