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But we assured the Boers that we would take the earliest opportunity of granting to them the freest and most complete local institutions compatible with the welfare of South Africa.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “But we assured the Boers that we would take the earliest opportunity of granting to them the freest and most complete…”
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Morley assures the Boers of the British commitment to grant them local governance.
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