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John Morley: “He desired definitely that the next stage of his movement should be in the largest sense political and not agrarian.”

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He desired definitely that the next stage of his movement should be in the largest sense political and not agrarian.
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John Morley

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Morley notes the desire for the political movement to focus on broader political issues rather than just agrarian concerns.

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