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John Morley: “The difficulty arose from the huge and bottomless ignorance of those in whose hands the power lay.”

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The difficulty arose from the huge and bottomless ignorance of those in whose hands the power lay.
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John Morley

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Morley critiques the ignorance of those in power regarding Irish issues, highlighting a significant barrier to effective governance.

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