But such influence as argument and statement without profession of political intentions can exercise upon the public mind, I heartily desire to see exercised in favour of extension of the franchise....
Morley expresses his desire for arguments favoring franchise extension to influence public opinion without political bias.
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An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
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