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Were these accomplished, we should have attained for the empire at home and abroad a position in most respects unusually satisfactory, and both of them ought to be near accomplishment.
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John Morley
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Morley expresses optimism that achieving the two key objectives would lead to a satisfactory position for the empire.
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