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Do not think it presumption, for it is the mere description of a fact, if I say, we in England cannot bring our minds to this mode of looking at the Italian question.
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gutenberg.orgDo not think it presumption, for it is the mere description of a fact, if I say, we in England cannot bring our minds to this mode of looking at the Italian question.
Morley expresses the difficulty of the English perspective on the Italian question.
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