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John Morley: “Seldom has the sovereign been made the mouthpiece of an utterance more shortsighted.”

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Seldom has the sovereign been made the mouthpiece of an utterance more shortsighted.
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John Morley

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Morley criticizes the shortsightedness of a royal statement regarding colonial affairs.

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