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He is again a liberal, quand même, and will not on all points (as good old Joe Hume used to say) swear black is white for the sake of his views on Ireland.
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John Morley
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Morley notes that despite political pressures, a colleague remains committed to liberal principles regarding Ireland.
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No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
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