Though, I daresay, pretty nearly unanimous against his recent policies, they were all fascinated by his simplicity, his freedom from assumption or parade, his eagerness to know how leading branches of Oxford study fared, his naturalness and pleasant manners.
Morley notes the fascination others had for Gladstone despite disagreements, highlighting his approachable and genuine nature.
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But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
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