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John Morley: “I am as much for efficiency as the noble Lord, but I do not believe--and this is the difference between him and…”

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I am as much for efficiency as the noble Lord, but I do not believe--and this is the difference between him and myself--that you can now have true, solid, endurable efficiency without what are called political concessions.
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John Morley

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Morley asserts that true efficiency in governance requires political concessions, contrasting his view with that of Lord Curzon.

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