He was bent on bringing a revolutionary movement to what he confidently anticipated would be a good end; to allow a passing phase of that movement to divert him, would be to abandon his own foundations.
Morley reflects on the importance of staying true to one's foundational beliefs amidst revolutionary movements.
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For this line of contention he was called an “unpatriotic trumpet of disaster,” and other names commonly bestowed on all men in all countries who venture to say that what chances for the hour to be a popular war is a blunder.
Gladstone protested against the bill as “inequitable, unusual, and unwise,” and it was largely modified in committee.
If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
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