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John Morley: “Again, we were bound to consider what would most tend to reunite the liberal party, and it was in opposition that the…”

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Again, we were bound to consider what would most tend to reunite the liberal party, and it was in opposition that the chances of such reunion would be likely to stand highest, especially in view of coercion which many of the dissidents had refused to contemplate.
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John Morley

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Morley discusses the necessity of opposition for the potential reunification of the liberal party amidst coercion issues.

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