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John Morley: “In the course of that controversy, arguments pressed themselves forward which led much further than mere resistance to…”

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In the course of that controversy, arguments pressed themselves forward which led much further than mere resistance to the policy of coercion.
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John Morley

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Morley notes that the arguments during the coercion controversy extended beyond mere resistance.

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