John Morley: “I doubt very much if it is wise or was right to cover over the serious…”

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I doubt very much if it is wise or was right to cover over the serious differences of principle that have lately disclosed themselves in the cabinet.

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John Morley

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Morley expresses doubt about the wisdom of ignoring significant ideological differences within the cabinet.

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This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

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John Morley: “I doubt very much if it is wise or was right to cover over the serious differences of principle that have lately…”