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Gladstone had persuaded himself that in the humour of the day persistence in seclusion did harm; it was his duty to give advice accordingly, and this duty he could not consent to shirk.
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Morley discusses Gladstone's belief that his advice regarding the Queen's seclusion was a necessary duty.
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