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.
Morley asserts that true efficiency in governance requires political concessions, contrasting his view with that of Lord Curzon.
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The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
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