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We are grateful that they have fallen on much barren ground, but we can no longer allow their dissemination.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “We are grateful that they have fallen on much barren ground, but we can no longer allow their dissemination.”
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Morley acknowledges the unfortunate spread of sedition but is relieved it has not taken root in fertile ground.
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