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Considering the intense friction and contention of public life, it is a saving of wear and tear that as many as possible even among opponents should think well of one.
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John Morley
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Morley emphasizes the importance of goodwill among political opponents to reduce conflict.
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But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
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