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John Morley: “Here is one of the very few instances in which the public opinion of the country at the eleventh hour reined back a…”

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Here is one of the very few instances in which the public opinion of the country at the eleventh hour reined back a warlike minister.
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John Morley

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Morley reflects on a rare instance where public opinion influenced government decisions against war.

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