How much dearer to us than the splendid monuments of antique taste, power, and greatness, are those Gothic edifices reared for the poor and the orphan, those far nobler monuments of the piety of Christian princes and the power of Christian faith.
Morley expresses a preference for Gothic architecture built for the needy over ancient monuments of power.
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My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
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