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It is something gained if ecclesiastical and political differences can he debated within a common circle of social confidence and identity....
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John Morley
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Morley emphasizes the importance of discussing ecclesiastical and political differences in a respectful environment.
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No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
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What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.
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