On the record
I have from the first regarded the rising of the Soudanese against Egypt as a justifiable and honourable revolt.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “I have from the first regarded the rising of the Soudanese against Egypt as a justifiable and honourable revolt.”
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Morley expresses his view on the Soudanese uprising against Egyptian rule as a legitimate act of resistance.
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