It proved, by a mass of authentic evidence ranging over a long term of years, that Irish outrage was the consequence of physical misery, and that the social evils of that country could not be successfully encountered by political remedies.
From a political biography, Disraeli summarizes Daniel O'Connell's argument regarding the root causes of unrest in Ireland.
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