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John Morley: “I write principally for the purpose of offering you my hearty congratulations on the place you have taken in diplomacy…”

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I write principally for the purpose of offering you my hearty congratulations on the place you have taken in diplomacy by force of mind and character, and on the services which, in thus far serving the most honourable aims a man can have, you have rendered to liberty and humanity.
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John Morley

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Morley expresses his congratulations to a diplomat for their contributions to liberty and humanity.

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