I will tell you what I think of--as I have for a good many months past--I think first of the burden of responsibility weighing on the governing men at Calcutta and Simla and the other main centres of power and of labour.
Morley reflects on the heavy responsibility faced by governing officials in India and their centers of power.
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My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
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