Much of my life has been devoted to the promotion of public wealth, and of that vast exterior activity which distinguishes the age; but I am deeply anxious for the preservation of all those centres, not too numerous, at which the power of thought may be cultivated, and the inner and higher life of man maintained.
Morley reflects on the importance of nurturing intellectual thought amidst the demands of public life.
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Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
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