We shall get through it--but only with self-command and without any quackery or cant whether it be the quackery of blind violence disguised as love of order, or the cant of unsound and misapplied sentiment, divorced from knowledge and untouched by any cool consideration of the facts.
Morley emphasizes the importance of self-control and rationality in addressing crises without resorting to extremes.
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