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He made no experiments in judicious mixture, hard blows and soft speech, but held steadily to force and fear.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “He made no experiments in judicious mixture, hard blows and soft speech, but held steadily to force and fear.”
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This quote illustrates Morley's view on the straightforward and forceful approach taken by a political figure.
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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.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
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