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Gladstone roused the enthusiasm of his audience to the utmost pitch by declaring that the government would not flinch, that they had passed the Rubicon, broken the bridges, burned their boats.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “Gladstone roused the enthusiasm of his audience to the utmost pitch by declaring that the government would not flinch…”
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John Morley describes Gladstone's passionate commitment to his government during a rally in Liverpool.
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I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
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.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
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