Some time ago I told you that dark as the sky was with many a thunder-cloud, there were the possibilities of an admirable situation and result, and for me a wind-up better than at any time I could have hoped.
Morley expresses optimism about a positive outcome despite challenging circumstances.
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But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
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