The plain fact is that boycotting “is more like the excommunication or interdict of the middle ages, than anything that we know now.” “The truth about boycotting is that it depends on the passing humour of the population.
Morley compares boycotting to medieval excommunication, emphasizing its dependence on public sentiment.
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With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
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