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The fatal ascendency of race over race is unspeakably aggravated by the ascendency of religion over religion.” But there were many pit-falls, and the ground hid dangerous fire.
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Morley highlights Gladstone's concerns about the dangers of religious and racial tensions in Ireland.
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He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.
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.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
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