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How long will you suffer Yourselves to be Humbugged by PALMERSTONIANISM, and Robbed by the “Services,” and others interested in a War Expenditure, even in times of Peace? ...
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John Morley
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Morley urges the public to recognize their power against political manipulation and war expenditures.
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This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
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