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John Morley: “The schemes that have been diligently framed and executed for promoting your material convenience and advance--schemes…”

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The schemes that have been diligently framed and executed for promoting your material convenience and advance--schemes unsurpassed in their magnitude and their boldness--bear witness before the world to the zeal with which that benignant promise has been fulfilled.
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John Morley

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Morley emphasizes the ambitious projects undertaken to enhance the welfare of India under British rule.

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